Jonathan Weil, Columnist

Banking Despair in Puerto Rico

Paradise? Maybe, just not for an ailing bank.                           Photographer: Christopher Gregory/Getty Images
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It can't be a good sign when a lender finishes a news release by saying "customer deposits are FDIC-insured to the fullest extent of the law for up to $250,000 per depositor."

On the assumption that you're curious about the bank that issued that statement, it was Doral Financial Corp., based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.