Puerto Rico · Financial institution
Firstbank Puerto Rico
FirstBank Puerto Rico is a state-chartered commercial bank with its head office in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its parent is First BanCorp., a bank holding company whose shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The bank operates in Puerto Rico, the US and British Virgin Islands and Florida. It offers retail, commercial, mortgage and consumer banking. It acquired the Puerto Rico operations of Banco Santander in September 2020.
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
- FBPRPRSJXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under FBPRPRSJ directly.
- 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
- 1999-12-04
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% First BanCorp.
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as FirstBank
- Ownership
- The bank is a subsidiary of First BanCorp., a bank holding company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Direct parent
- First BanCorp., Puerto Rico 100%
- Head office
- 1519 Ponce de León Avenue, 9th Floor, Santurce, 00908 San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Company register
- FDIC cert 30387
- Former name
- Firstbank of Puerto Rico
Business lines
The bank offers deposits, commercial lending, residential mortgages, auto loans and leases and credit cards in Puerto Rico, Florida and the US and British Virgin Islands. Insurance is sold through a sister company, FirstBank Insurance Agency.
Online
- Websites & references
- 1firstbank.com ↗
fbpinvestor.com ↗ investor relations site of the parent, First BanCorp.
digitalbanking.1firstbank.com ↗ online banking portal
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- 1firstbank.com/pr/en/personal/homepage.html
- fbpinvestor.com/
- fbpinvestor.com/governance/officers-and-directors/default.aspx
- fbpinvestor.com/resources/news/press-release-details/2026/First-BanCorp--Announces-Earnings-for-the-Quart
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1057706/000114036126004288/ef20065079_8k.htm
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1057706/000114036126011118/ny20058674x1_def14a.htm
- businesswire.com/news/home/20260626645001/en/First-BanCorp-Lawsuit-Statement
- orders.fdic.gov/sfc/servlet.shepherd/document/download/069t0000002Z3uMAAS?operationContext=S1
- 1firstbank.com/pr/es/documents/business-digital/Required_Information_To_Complete_A_Wire_Transfer.pdf
- 1firstbank.com/pr/en/about-us.html
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Aurelio Alemán President and Chief Executive Officer (First BanCorp.)
- Chair
-
Roberto R. Herencia
Chair of the Board (First BanCorp. and FirstBank Puerto Rico)
- Chief financial officer
- Said Ortiz Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (appointed effective 1 July 2026)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Puerto Rico
- Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico (OCIF) Prudential supervisor
- United States
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Prudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- United States
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Conduct
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Said Ortiz succeeded Orlando Berges as Chief Financial Officer of First BanCorp. on 1 July 2026, following Berges' retirement.
sec.gov ↗ -
Other
A lawsuit filed in a New York federal court raised claims over banking services to Jeffrey Epstein, which the bank and its parent deny.
businesswire.com ↗
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
- FBPRPRSJXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- FBPRBank
- PRCountry · Puerto Rico
- SJLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300WWJ28EP3GZG107
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the 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.
- 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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 1519 PONCE DE LEON AVENUE FLOOR 9 SAN JUAN 00908 PUERTO RICO
- Operational address
- 1519 PONCE DE LEON AVENUE PDA 23 FLOOR 9 SAN JUAN SAN JUAN 00908 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
- 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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FBPRPRSJXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300WWJ28EP3GZG107</LEI>
</FinInstnId>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
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>FBPRPRSJXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300WWJ28EP3GZG107</LEI>
<Nm>FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>SAN JUAN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>PR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1519 PONCE DE LEON AVENUE FLOOR 9 SAN JUAN 00908</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>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.
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