Banco Popular next to nada as well.
Very surprising... when considering that you would entrust hard currency to banks in an underdeveloped country with a shaky banking history.
A little example and history: In 1995 One could get up to 13% on USD savings in Ecuadorian banks... a lot of people who had money there made substantial amounts of money on these deposits... until President Jamil Mahuad decided to "dolarize" the economy (the local "Sucres" was replaced with the USD)... Well, what USD's do you think they used to do that with?
Yep! All USD accounts in Ecuador got frozen and apparently used up to pay for the new currency. So many lost it ALL.
I am not saying this is in anyway directly related to the DR, besides going to show, that if you deposit your hard currency here, one should expect to get a solid (potential) return to make good for the risk(s) involved with banking in countries like these.
... J-D.