First BanCorp. to Announce 3Q 2021 Results on October 25, 2021

First BanCorp. (the "Corporation") (NYSE: FBP), the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, announced today that it expects to report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021, before the market opens on October 25, 2021.

First BanCorp. will hold a conference call and live webcast to discuss the financial results at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Monday October 25, 2021. The call and webcast will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed through the investor relations section of the Corporation's website: www.1firstbank.com.

Listeners are recommended to go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary software. The call may also be accessed through a dial-in telephone number 844-200-6205 or 929-526-1599 for international callers. Following the webcast presentation, a question and answer session will be made available to research analysts and institutional investors.

A replay of the webcast will be archived in First BanCorp.'s website until October 25, 2022. A telephone replay will be available one hour after the end of the conference call through November 24, 2021, at 929-458-6194 or 866-813-9403 for international callers. The replay access code is 721741.

About First BanCorp.

First BanCorp. is the parent corporation of FirstBank Puerto Rico, a state-chartered commercial bank with operations in Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Florida, and of FirstBank Insurance Agency, LLC. Among the subsidiaries of FirstBank Puerto Rico are First Federal Finance Limited Liability Company and First Express, Inc., both small loan companies, and FirstBank Puerto Rico Securities Corp., a broker-dealer subsidiary. First BanCorp.'s shares of common stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FBP."