COFINA

Puerto Rico Urgent Interest Fund Corporation
HeadquartersGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
EstablishedDecember 26, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12-26)
Executive DirectorJosé R. Otero-Freiría
CurrencyUSD

The Puerto Rico Urgent Interest Fund Corporation (also known as the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation) —Spanish: Corporación del Fondo de Interés Apremiante (COFINA)— is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico that issues government bonds and uses other financing mechanisms to pay and refinance the public debt of Puerto Rico. The Corporation is a subsidiary of the Government Development Bank and was created by Law No. 291 of 2006. Bonds issued by COFINA are called Puerto Rico Sales Tax Revenue Bonds.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Law No. 91 of 2006" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Law No. 291 of 2006" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico".