Operator
Operator
Good morning. My name is Paula and I will be your conference operator today. Thank you for joining us for this conference call for OFG Bancorp. Our speakers are José Rafael Fernández, President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman and Ganesh Kumar, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. There is a presentation that accompanies today’s remarks. It can be found on the Investor Relations website, under the webcast, presentations and other files page. Please note this call may feature certain forward-looking statements about management’s goals, plans and expectations, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties outlined in the Risk Factors section of OFG’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. We disclaim any obligation to update information disclosed in this call as a result of developments which occur afterwards. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers’ remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Fernández. José Rafael: Thank you and good morning to all. I will cover the general overview and Ganesh will discuss key aspects of our financials. Please turn to slide three. We are pleased to report our 8th consecutive quarter of strong core performance since the acquisition of BBVA Puerto Rico operations. We earned $0.36 per share for the fourth quarter and $1.50 per share for the year. Our results reflect what we believe is our sound strategy in a tough operating environment. We are prudently growing new loans and optimizing both loan yields and credit costs. Concurrently, we are focused on managing our expense footprint and further refining our loan servicing capabilities. Looking at the fourth quarter, we saw originated loan balances and interest income, higher non-interest fee income…