OFG Bancorp explained

OFG Bancorp
Type:Public
Traded As:
S&P 600 Component
Foundation:Humacao, Puerto Rico; 1964
Location:San Juan, Puerto Rico
Key People:Jose Rafael Fernandez, CEO
Julian S. Inclán, Chair
Maritza Arizmendi Díaz, CFO
Industry:Finance and Insurance
Products:Banking
Checking accounts
Insurance
Stock brokerage
Asset-based lending
Consumer finance
Revenue: US$ 682.73 million (2023)[1]
Assets: US$ 10.588 billion (2023)
Equity: US$ 1.111 billion (2023)
Net Income: US$ 181.87 million (2023)
Num Employees:2,248 (2023)
Homepage:www.ofgbancorp.com

OFG Bancorp, founded in 1964, is the financial holding company for Oriental Bank, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. OFG offers a wide range of retail and commercial banking, lending and wealth management products, services and technology, primarily in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands through its principal subsidiaries: Oriental Bank, Oriental Financial Services LLC, and Oriental Insurance LLC. Its headquarters are located at Oriental Center, 254 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, San Juan, PR 00918. OFG Bancorp has $10.6 billion in assets (2023), and approximately 2,248 employees (2023).

In 2010, Oriental acquired failed competitor Eurobank. In late 2012, Oriental completed the acquisition of Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's Puerto Rican unit for $500 million in cash.[2]

The company changed its name to OFG Bancorp from Oriental Financial Group in 2013.[3]

In 2019, OFG Bancorp acquired all operations of Scotiabank within Puerto Rico and The United States Virgin Islands territories as part of a $550M cash deal.[4]

In 2023, OFG CEO José Rafael Fernández was named American Banker's Community Banker of the Year.[5] Fernández credited the honor to the efforts of the entire team at Oriental over the last 20 years.[6]

Subsidiaries

References

  1. Web site: OFG Bancorp Annual Report (Form 10-K) . U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 2023-02-24.
  2. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bbvapr-orientalfinancial-takeover/oriental-financial-to-buy-bbvas-puerto-rican-bank-idUSBRE85R0NZ20120628 Oriental Financial to buy BBVA's Puerto Rican bank
  3. http://www.ofgbancorp.com/file/Index?KeyFile=16799736 Shareholders Approve Changing Name of Oriental Financial Group Inc. to OFG Bancorp
  4. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oriental-bank-m-a-bank-of-nova-scotia/scotiabank-to-sell-puerto-rico-u-s-virgin-islands-operations-to-oriental-bank-idUSKCN1TR33T Scotiabank to sell Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands operations to Oriental Bank
  5. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/community-banker-of-the-year-ofg-bancorps-jose-rafael-fernandez
  6. https://newsismybusiness.com/american-banker-magazine-names-oriental-ceo-community-banker-of-the-year/

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