OFG Bancorp, founded in 1964, more commonly known as OFG or Oriental Bank, is a financial holding company located in
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
. OFG offers a wide range of retail and commercial banking, lending and wealth management products, services and technology, primarily in Puerto Rico through its principal subsidiaries: Oriental Bank, Oriental Financial Services Corp., and Oriental Insurance, Inc. Its headquarters are located at the Oriental Center, 15th Floor, 254 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, San Juan, PR 00918. OFG Bancorp, one of Puerto Rico's top three banks, has $9.3 billion in assets (2019), and approximately 2,400 employees (2019).
In 2010, Oriental acquired failed competitor
Eurobank. In late 2012, Oriental announced the acquisition of Spain's
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (), better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and is present ...
's Puerto Rican unit for $500 million in cash.
The company changed its name to OFG Bancorp from Oriental Financial Group in 2013.
Shareholders Approve Changing Name of Oriental Financial Group Inc. to OFG Bancorp
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In June 2019 it was announced that OFG Bancorp would acquire all branches of Scotiabank
The Bank of Nova Scotia (french: link=no, Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse), operating as Scotiabank (french: link=no, Banque Scotia), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada ...
within Puerto Rico and The United States Virgin Islands territories as part of a $550M cash deal.
Subsidiaries
* Oriental Bank
* Oriental Financial Services Corp.
* Oriental Insurance, Inc.
* Oriental Pension Consultants, Inc. (OPC).
* Oriental Mortgage
* Oriental Auto
References
External links
Official Site (Puerto Rico)
Official Site (Puerto Rico)
Financial highlights
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Banks of Puerto Rico
Companies based in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
1964 establishments in Puerto Rico