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The $102 billion-asset Union Bank said Friday that it plans to open two student-run branches at Crenshaw High School and Abraham Lincoln High School in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
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Evertec (EVTC), a payments business Popular started 25 years ago, filed a secondary offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to sell 20 million shares, including 9 million shares currently held by the $37 billion-asset Popular.
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Banco Popular in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is nearing the finish line of its two-year project to rebrand itself in the continental U.S.
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Popular Community Bank plans to bring a financial literary program run by nonprofit Operation HOPE to its branches in Harlem and the Bronx.
Popular Community Bank, a division of Popular (BPOP) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has committed $150,000 to establish the financial education program, according to the company's Thursday
Financial institutions already participating in HOPE Inside include Bank of the West, a unit of France's BNP Paribas; UnionBanCal, a unit of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.; and U.S. Bancorp (USB), according to the nonprofit's website.
Popular Community Bank's president, Carlos Vázquez, is a director of HOPE's board, according to the release. The bank has also partnered with HOPE on youth outreach initiatives including financial education course, Banking on Our Future, and entrepreneurial program, Business in a Box.
Popular Community Bank has 91 branches in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Florida and California. Its holding company has $36 billion of assets.
