FirstBank (stylized as 1 FirstBank), is a banking institution in
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
. The company is headquartered in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
, with branches there and in twenty-two other Puerto Rican cities. "1FirstBank Florida" includes branches in
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
,
Boca Raton
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and
Ft Lauderdale.
As of 2020, FirstBank had 8 branches in Florida.
Aurelio Alemán-Bermudez has served as president of 1 FirstBank since 2009.
In 2020, 1 FirstBank bought Banco Santander Puerto Rico to expand its operations in Puerto Rico.
In 2020, 1 FirstBank received an award from the
USDA Rural Development
USDA Rural Development (RD) is a mission area within the United States Department of Agriculture which runs programs intended to improve the economy and quality of life in rural parts of the United States.
Rural Development has a loan portfolio o ...
program for being a top mortgage lender for people purchasing single family homes in Puerto Rico.
History
First Bank was known until the 1990s as First Federal.
References
External links
*
FirstBank archived annual reports
FirstBank Florida site
Companies based in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Banks of Puerto Rico
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