{"id":27572,"date":"2015-08-26T23:49:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T23:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=27572"},"modified":"2015-08-26T23:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T23:49:03","slug":"scotiabank-firstbank-and-banco-popular-closed-on-thursday-due-to-erika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=27572","title":{"rendered":"ScotiaBank, Firstbank And Banco Popular Closed On Thursday Due To Erika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three major Virgin Islands banks have announced closures for August 27, as tropical storm Erika continues onward towards the territory, and is expected to start impacting the islands on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Press releases are below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scotiabank:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to the anticipated effects of Tropical Storm Erika, all USVI Scotiabank branches will be closed on Thursday, August 27, 2015. All ATMs will remain fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>Our Contact Center will continue to operate during regular business hours 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact us at 787-766-4999.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Firstbank:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Due to Tropical Storm Erika\u2019s projected path, FirstBank wishes to inform the general public that all USVI and BVI branches will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, August\u00a0 27.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Banco Popular:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">In light of Tropical Storm Erika, Banco Popular (BPPR) is announcing the closure of all banks within the USVI and BVI Region on Thursday, August 27<sup class=\"\">th<\/sup>. Although all BPPR banks will be closed tomorrow, all ATM\u2019s in the USVI (St. Thomas and St. Croix) will remain operational (weather permitting). The public is advised that the Cane Garden Bay ATM in Tortola will shut down at 5:00pm today. All other ATM\u2019s in the BVI will continue to operate as long as the weather permits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Customers may also access their accounts and conduct transactions through Mi Banco Online by visiting <\/span><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.popular.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"\">www.popular.com<\/span><\/a><span class=\"\"> or by calling Telebanco at 1-888-724-3659.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Banco Popular will keep the public informed of any changes and new information regarding operations in the USVI and BVI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">FirstBank is committed to servicing our community; we will make every effort to create the most convenient opportunities for each client to access their accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Where resources allow, FirstBank ATMs will remain fully operational 24\/7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three major Virgin Islands banks have announced closures for August 27, as tropical storm Erika continues onward towards the territory, and is expected to start impacting the islands on Thursday morning. Press releases are below: Scotiabank: Due to the anticipated effects of Tropical Storm Erika, all USVI Scotiabank branches will be closed on Thursday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[628,191,147],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ScotiaBank, Firstbank And Banco Popular Closed On Thursday Due To Erika - V.I. 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