R & G Financial Corporation

Infobox_Company
company_name = R & G Financial Corporation
company_
company_type = Public (Pinksheets|RGFC.PK)
foundation = San Juan, Puerto Rico
location = San Juan, Puerto Rico
key_people = Victor J. Galán, Chairman & CEO

industry = Finance and Insurance
products = Banking
Checking Accounts
Insurance
stock brokerage
Investment Bank
Asset-Based Lending
Consumer finance
revenue = profit US$ 684.80 million (2004) [http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/CIAtAGlance.jsp?tkr=RGF RG Financial Corporate Information] by Forbes.com]
operating_income =
net_income = profit US$ 160.21 million (2004)
num_employees = 2,404 (2005)
homepage = [http://www.rgonline.com/ www.rgonline.com]

R & G Financial Corporation, more commonly known as RG Financial or R-G Financial, is a financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico which offers a full range of financial services in Puerto Rico and the State of Florida through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Its main subsidiaries are RG Premier Bank, a business and consumer financial services company offering banking services, trust and brokerage services, and various types of loans, and RG Mortgage, one of the largest mortgage lenders in the island. Its headquarters are located at 290 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue in Hato Rey, San Juan.

RG Financial Corp’s chief assets and sources of income are its commercial loans (which mainly consist of commercial real estate loans and construction loans), consumer loans (which mainly consist of auto loans, personal loans and credit card loans), and residential mortgage loans. RG Financial offers banking services through a network of 66 branches (2005) between two of its subsidiaries, the largest being RG Premier Bank in Puerto Rico and the second being RG Crown Bank in the Orlando, Tampa and St. Petersburg cities of Florida.

In an effort to compete with larger banks within Puerto Rico and Florida, RG Financial has acquired various banking and lending institutions in order to expand to new markets and improve its services in existing ones. On June 29, 1993, it acquired [http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/mnahistory.aspx?iid=1027858&KeyD
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tats

* Has over $10.20 billion in assets (2004). )
* Approx. 2,404 employees.

ubsidiaries

* R-G Premier Bank (Puerto Rico)
* RG Mortgage
* RG Insurance Corporation

Competitors (in Puerto Rico)

* Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
* Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
* Banco Santander
* Citibank
* Doral Bank
* Eurobank
* FirstBank
* Oriental Financial Group, Inc.
* Scotiabank
* Westernbank

References

External links

* [http://www.rgonline.com Official Site (Puerto Rico)]
* [http://www.rgpremierbank.com RG Premier Bank Site]
* [http://www.rgmortgage.com RG Mortgage Corp Site]
* [http://www.rginsurance.com RG Insurance Corp Site]
* [http://www.rgonline.com/rginvestment RG Investment Corp Site]