Contact Info

Banco Popular
888 Disneyland Dr.
Anaheim, CA 92802
Phone: (714) 864-5056
Fax: (714) 864-5101
Email: VAguirre@bpop.com

• California Regional Executive: Vern Aguirre, 60
  
  
• Date opened for business: 1893
  
  
• Assets as of latest quarter: $49 billion.
  
  
• ROA: 1.02 percent.
  
  
• Core capital as percentage of assets: 12.59 percent.
  
  
• Provision for loan losses: $462 million.
  
  
• Plant the flag: 350 branches for the entire bank, 50 in California, with 50 California branches planned over next five years.
  
  
• Employment: 13,210

Directors

• Richard Carrion, Chairman, CEO
  
  
• Juan Bermudez, partner Bermudez and Longo, electromechanical contractors
  
  
• Jose Carrion Jr., president of Collosa Corp. financial investments
  
  
• Maria Luisa Ferre, president of Ferri Investment Fund Inc.
  
  
• Manuel Morales Jr., president, Parkview Realty Inc.
  
  
• Francisco Rexach, Jr., president, Capital Assets Inc.
  
  
• Frederic Salerno, investor
  
  
• William Teuber, CFO, EMC Corp.

Key personnel

CEO Carrion; Jorge Junquera, chief financial officer; Amilcar Jordan, executive vice president, risk management; Vern Aguirre, California regional executive.

Niche or target customer

Small business; lending limit is up to $50 million