Year-End Report — POPULAR, INC. for POPULAR INC (2007)

Firm

POPULAR, INC.

Client

POPULAR INC

Income

—

Expenses

$340,000

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Exemption from social security and unemployment taxes for residents of Puerto Rico for payments made under cafeteria plans which are exempted under the Internal Revenue Code [H.R.2238 and S.2373].

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CRUZ WOJTASIK	BANKING COUNSEL, SENATOR EVAN BAYH

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 2238 (110th), S. 2373 (110th)

Banking BAN

Reauthorization of 7A and 504 loan programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CRUZ WOJTASIK	BANKING COUNSEL, SENATOR EVAN BAYH

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Monitored money service business issue, Bank Secrecy Act, and non-prime mortgages issue.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CATHERINE CRUZ WOJTASIK	BANKING COUNSEL, SENATOR EVAN BAYH

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.