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title: "Banco Popular de Puerto Rico SWIFT/BIC code BPPRPRSXXXX · Puerto Rico | Elucidate"
description: "SWIFT/BIC code BPPRPRSXXXX for Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. Head-office BIC, LEI OJH4M4RQMT1WXN2BNC32, addresses and Swift connectivity."
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Puerto Rico · Financial institution
# Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a Puerto Rico-chartered commercial bank headquartered in San Juan. It is a state member bank of the Federal Reserve System. It is the principal banking subsidiary of Popular, Inc., a bank holding company listed on NASDAQ. According to its parent, the bank was founded in 1893. It provides retail, mortgage and commercial banking in Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands, as well as auto and equipment leasing and financing in Puerto Rico. It took over the deposits of Westernbank Puerto Rico in April 2010 and of Doral Bank in February 2015, both after they failed and the FDIC took control.
BIC **BPPRPRSXXXX** LEI **[OJH4M4RQMT1WXN2BNC32](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/OJH4M4RQMT1WXN2BNC32)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Head-office BIC only [**6** correspondent accounts](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#correspondents) [Group: Popular, Inc.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493008CARDZMVQ3LO89) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#claim)
## Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
## Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- **BIC:** BPPRPRSXXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **Swift GPI:** Not on the member list
- **Payment schemes and systems:** No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- **Branch codes:** None: head-office BIC only
- **BIC first registered:** 1995-03-04
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-27
## Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#overview-sources)
Total assets
USD 79bn
Group · 30 Jun 2026 · [interim report ↗](https://investor.popular.com/news-releases/news-release-details/popular-inc-announces-second-quarter-2026-financial-results)
Employees
9,203
FTE · Group · 30 Jun 2026 · [interim report ↗](https://investor.popular.com/news-releases/news-release-details/popular-inc-announces-second-quarter-2026-financial-results)
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Popular, Inc.
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Popular
- **Ownership:** The bank is wholly owned by Popular, Inc., a bank holding company in San Juan whose shares are listed on NASDAQ.
- **Direct parent:** [Popular, Inc. ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493008CARDZMVQ3LO89), Puerto Rico 100%
- **Head office:** Popular Center Building, Suite 913, 209 Munoz Rivera Avenue, 00918 San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Company register:** FDIC cert 34968; Federal Reserve RSSD ID 940311
### Business lines
- Retail banking
- Corporate banking
- SME banking
- Mortgage lending
- Consumer finance
- Cards
- Leasing & factoring
- Trade finance
- Private banking & wealth
- Transaction banking & payments
The bank's lending centres on commercial, mortgage and auto loans in Puerto Rico. At 30 June 2026 its segment held 39% of its deposits from Puerto Rico public entities.
### Online
- **Websites & references:** [popular.com ↗](https://www.popular.com/) [investor.popular.com ↗](https://investor.popular.com/) investor relations site of the parent, Popular, Inc. [popular.vi ↗](https://www.popular.vi/) Virgin Islands regional site [resourcecenter.popular.com ↗](https://resourcecenter.popular.com/) customer help and resource centre [newsroom.popular.com ↗](https://newsroom.popular.com/) group newsroom [Wikipedia ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Popular_de_Puerto_Rico) group article
- **Official social accounts:** [X ↗](https://twitter.com/popular) · [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/popular) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/popular.pr/) · [YouTube ↗](http://www.youtube.com/popularinc) · [TikTok ↗](https://www.tiktok.com/@popularpr?_r=1&_t=ZT-92LyHodQN9D) · [Blog ↗](https://blog.popular.com/)
Sources · 8 pages consulted
1. [ffiec.gov/npw/Institution/Profile/940311](https://www.ffiec.gov/npw/Institution/Profile/940311)
2. [popular.com/](https://www.popular.com/)
3. [investor.popular.com/company-info/leadership-team](https://investor.popular.com/company-info/leadership-team)
4. [investor.popular.com/governance/board-of-directors](https://investor.popular.com/governance/board-of-directors)
5. [investor.popular.com/news-releases/news-release-details/popular-inc-announces-second-quarter-2026-financial-re](https://investor.popular.com/news-releases/news-release-details/popular-inc-announces-second-quarter-2026-financial-results)
6. [nasdaq.com/press-release/popular-announces-leadership-transition-2026-07-23](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/popular-announces-leadership-transition-2026-07-23)
7. [resourcecenter.popular.com/en/help/accounts/transfers/intermediary-banks/](https://resourcecenter.popular.com/en/help/accounts/transfers/intermediary-banks/)
8. [investor.popular.com/sec-regulatory-info/regulatory-reports](https://investor.popular.com/sec-regulatory-info/regulatory-reports)
## Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#overview-sources)
- **Chief executive:** Jorge J. García President and Chief Executive Officer (of Popular, Inc., Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Popular Bank) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [investor.popular.com ↗](https://investor.popular.com/company-info/leadership-team)
- **Executive:** Richard L. Carrión Chairman of the Board of Directors, Popular, Inc. (parent) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [investor.popular.com ↗](https://investor.popular.com/governance/board-of-directors)
- **Chief financial officer:** Lidio V. Soriano Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Popular, Inc. Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [investor.popular.com ↗](https://investor.popular.com/company-info/leadership-team)
- **Executive:** Luis E. (Ike) Cestero Executive Vice President, Retail & Business Solutions Group, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [investor.popular.com ↗](https://investor.popular.com/company-info/leadership-team)
- **Executive:** Héctor Alejandro (Alex) Flores Executive Vice President, Specialized Businesses Group, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [investor.popular.com ↗](https://investor.popular.com/company-info/leadership-team)
## Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#overview-sources)
- **United States:** Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Prudential supervisor Central bank AML supervisor
- **Puerto Rico:** Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico (OCIF) Prudential supervisor AML supervisor
- **United States:** Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Conduct
- **United States:** Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Resolution
## Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#overview-sources)
1. Sep 2026
Leadership
Jorge J. García succeeded Javier D. Ferrer as President and CEO of the bank and its parent on 1 September 2026.
[nasdaq.com ↗](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/popular-announces-leadership-transition-2026-07-23)
2. Sep 2026
Leadership
Lidio V. Soriano became Chief Financial Officer and Luis F. Sousa became Chief Risk Officer of Popular, Inc. on 1 September 2026.
[nasdaq.com ↗](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/popular-announces-leadership-transition-2026-07-23)
3. Jul 2025
Leadership
Javier D. Ferrer became President and CEO of Popular, Inc. and Banco Popular de Puerto Rico in July 2025.
[investor.popular.com ↗](https://investor.popular.com/company-info/leadership-team)
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
## Identifiers
Head-office record
- **BIC:** BPPRPRSXXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. BPPR Bank 2. PR Country · Puerto Rico 3. SX Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** OJH4M4RQMT1WXN2BNC32
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/OJH4M4RQMT1WXN2BNC32)
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- **National bank code:** [ABA routing number 021502011](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#bank-codes)
## Profile
- **Type:** Financial institution
- **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register
- **Register licences:** None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- **Country · region:** Puerto Rico · Latin America & Caribbean
- **Trading venues (MIC):** No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- **OFAC sanctions:** No listing cites this BIC
- **EU sanctions:** No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- **Country sanctions:** No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
## Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- **Direct parent:** Popular, Inc. · Puerto Rico[5493008CARDZMVQ3LO89 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493008CARDZMVQ3LO89)
The Popular, Inc. group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including [Popular Asset Management LLC](https://elucidate.co/directory/popular-asset-management-llc-ppurprsj), [Popular Bank](https://elucidate.co/directory/popular-bank-ponaus33).
[See the Popular, Inc. group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493008CARDZMVQ3LO89)
Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
## Addresses
- **Registered address:** POPULAR CENTER BUILDING SUITE 913 209 MUNOZ RIVERA AVENUE SAN JUAN 00918 PUERTO RICO
- **Operational address:** POPULAR CENTER BUILDING SUITE 913 209 MUNOZ RIVERA AVENUE SAN JUAN SAN JUAN 00918 PUERTO RICO
## ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- **Identified by:** BIC, with its LEI and its USABA clearing code
- **Roles in CBPR+:** Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
### CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
```xml
BPPRPRSXXXX
USABA
021502011
OJH4M4RQMT1WXN2BNC32
```
### Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
```xml
BPPRPRSXXXX
USABA
021502011
OJH4M4RQMT1WXN2BNC32
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
SAN JUAN
PR
POPULAR CENTER BUILDING SUITE 913 209 MUNOZ RIVERA AVENUE SAN JUAN
00918
```
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
## National bank codes
### ABA routing number · United States
1 code file of 2026-10-09 · ISO 20022 clearing system code USABA
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 021502011 | BPPRPRSXXXX | BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO | SAN JUAN, PR |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
## Network
### Correspondent banking
The bank publishes 6 accounts at other banks, across 2 regions.
### Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsx#overview-sources)
6 accounts at other banks, in 2 currencies, as the bank publishes them: [resourcecenter.popular.com ↗](https://resourcecenter.popular.com/en/help/accounts/transfers/intermediary-banks/)
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USD | [BANK OF AMERICA (San Francisco, CA & Florida)](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-america-n-a-bofaus6s) United States | BOFAUS6S | — | USD intermediary bank; ABA 121000358 | Directory name differs BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
| USD | [CITIBANK NA (New York, NY)](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-citius33) United States | CITIUS33 | — | USD intermediary bank; ABA 021000089 | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | [FEDERAL RESERVE BANK (New York, NY)](https://elucidate.co/directory/federal-reserve-bank-of-n-y-frnyus33) United States | FRNYUS33 | — | USD intermediary; ABA shown as 021502011 | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | [JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (New York, NY)](https://elucidate.co/directory/jpmorgan-chase-bank-n-a-chasus33) United States | CHASUS33 | — | USD intermediary bank; ABA 021000021 | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | [WELLS FARGO BANK (Philadelphia, PA & Jackson, FL)](https://elucidate.co/directory/wells-fargo-bank-n-a-pnbpus33) United States | PNBPUS33PHL | — | USD intermediary bank; ABA 121000248 | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | [BANKINTER (Spain)](https://elucidate.co/directory/bankinter-s-a-bkbkesmm) Spain | BKBKESMM | — | EUR intermediary bank | Matches the Swift directory |
Resource-centre page 'Intermediary (Correspondent) Banks' with a table 'Intermediary Banks used by Popular'. It gives 5 USD banks with ABA and Swift codes and 1 EUR bank (Bankinter) with a Swift code only. All 6 rows are extracted. No account numbers are published. The page is undated (footer © 2026). The Federal Reserve Bank row shows ABA 021502011, which is the bank's own routing number, so it probably refers to its own Fed account. Direction is inferred as nostro because these are the intermediaries the bank uses for incoming and outgoing transfers. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
## Related institutions
### Same group
- [Popular Asset Management LLC BIC PPURPRSJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · LEI 984500A372C8152B8C87](https://elucidate.co/directory/popular-asset-management-llc-ppurprsj)
- [Popular Bank BIC PONAUS33 Financial institution Not on a tracked register United States · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300E0WPRCJMXMUM09](https://elucidate.co/directory/popular-bank-ponaus33)
[All 3 institutions in the Popular, Inc. group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5493008CARDZMVQ3LO89)
### Same name, different BIC
- [Banco Popular de Puerto Rico BIC BPPRPRSB Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/banco-popular-de-puerto-rico-bpprprsb)
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- [Zenus Bank International Inc. BIC ZEITPRSJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/zenus-bank-international-inc-zeitprsj)
- [Epay Systems International Limited Liability Company BIC ESYIPRSJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/epay-systems-international-limited-liability-company-esyiprsj)
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- [Advantage International Bank Corp. BIC ADGIPRSJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/advantage-international-bank-corp-adgiprsj)
- [Alliance Capital International Bank Inc BIC AICIPR22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138009A2ADI4STS9925](https://elucidate.co/directory/alliance-capital-international-bank-inc-aicipr22)
- [American International Bank LLC BIC AMTLPRSJ Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300G7EOUXG5MFVT16](https://elucidate.co/directory/american-international-bank-llc-amtlprsj)
- [Andcapital Bank International Corp BIC ACBIPR22 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/andcapital-bank-international-corp-acbipr22)
- [Applied Finance Capital Management LLC BIC AFCPPRS2 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Puerto Rico · Not on a tracked register · LEI 54930024GPIYHWUPSW72](https://elucidate.co/directory/applied-finance-capital-management-llc-afcpprs2)
[See every BIC in Puerto Rico →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/pr#bics)
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Sources & method
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- **Ownership and group**—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
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