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Banco Santander SA has agreed to sell its retail and commercial operations in Puerto Rico to FirstBank Puerto Rico for about $1.1 billion.
The transaction should add 5 or 6 basis points to Santander’s SAN, +1.16% SAN, +2.47% core Tier 1 ratio–a measure of a bank’s capital strength–and have no material impact on its net profit, it said late Monday.
The deal includes 27 bank branches and assets of $6.2 billion, the Spanish bank said.
Santander will keep operating on the island including through Santander Consumer USA.
The deal is expected to close by mid-2020.
