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Banco de Ponce was the Puerto Rican bank with the largest number of branches in the United States and second largest bank in deposits and number of branches in Puerto Rico during the twentieth century. It was founded in Ponce, Puerto Rico in the early part of the century, headquartered in San Juan in 1970, and merged with Banco Popular in 1990 forming BancPonce Corporation. ==History== The bank was founded on August 20, 1917, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, by Mario Mercado, Amador Torres, Manuel Meiriño, Augusto Quiñones, Francisco Oliver, Antonio Morales, Juan Colón, José de Jesús, Francisco Forteza and Cándido Noriega.〔(''Municipios / Ponce, Antiguo Banco de Ponce.'' ) Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved 29 June 2012.〕 It had a properous start and in 1924〔(''Banks and Commercial Building: Puerto Rico.'' ) Edward E. Crain. Historic Architecture in the Caribbean Islands. ISBN 0-8130-1293-7. The University Press of Florida. 1994. Page 229. Retrieved 29 June 2012.〕 it built its main office in downtown Ponce. Architecturally, the downtown structure was so prominent that it would eventually get listed as historic in the National Register of Historic Places.〔United States Dept of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, ''Banco de Ponce.'' Number 87001003. (May 19, 1987) Page 3.〕 The Bank continued its growth and, by 1961, it already had offices and branches in New York City. In 1990, Banco de Ponce merged with Banco Popular creating Puerto Rico's largest bank. Upon the merge, Banco Popular's holding company changed its name to BanPonce Corporation. At the time of the merger, Banco de Ponce had nine branches in New York to Popular's six. With this merge the new company became one of the top ten commercial banks in Latin America and one of the top fifty banks in the United States of America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Banco de Ponce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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