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House committee holds hearing on bill to raise minimum capital for savings-and-credit cooperatives to $300,000

5693285 · August 28, 2025
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San Juan — The Comisión de Cooperativismo de la Cámara de Representantes held a public hearing on Aug. 27, 2025, to consider Proyecto de la Cámara 771, a bill to amend inciso G of Article 3.02 of Ley Núm. 255 de 2002 (Ley de Sociedades Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito de 2002) to raise the minimum initial capital required to begin operations from $50,000 to $300,000.

San Juan — The Comisión de Cooperativismo de la Cámara de Representantes held a public hearing on Aug. 27, 2025, to consider Proyecto de la Cámara 771, a bill to amend inciso G of Article 3.02 of Ley Núm. 255 de 2002 (Ley de Sociedades Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito de 2002) to raise the minimum initial capital required to begin operations from $50,000 to $300,000.

The measure drew competing testimony from the Corporación Pública para la Supervisión y Seguro de Cooperativas (COSEC) and the Comisión de Desarrollo Cooperativo (SEDECOOP). COSEC’s executive president, Mabel Jiménez Miranda, told the committee that the existing $50,000 threshold was established “hace más de décadas” and no longer reflects the actual cost of launching a cooperative. “Iniciar operaciones con cooperativas de ahorro y crédito con un capital de 50,000 no representa una base suficiente para sostener una operación segura, competitiva y conforme a las normas vigentes,” Jiménez said during her remarks.

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