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Oriental Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:OFG) (OFG) and Citigroup Inc.'s (NYSE:C) (C) Primerica Financial Services formed an alliance in which Oriental will supply a mortgage platform and related services for Primerica's (NYSE:C) program to market home loans in Puerto Rico.
Oriental Financial (NYSE:OFG) , a San Juan financial holding company, said the Primerica (NYSE:C) deal will provide a new distribution channel for its mortgages.
Oriental Financial (NYSE:OFG) said it doesn't own or originate subprime single-family home loans.
-Jennifer Hodson; 201-938-5400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
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