According to Eduardo Le?n Asencio, the head of the Le?n Jim?nes family and president of the board of directors of the Banco Profesional, the buyout of Bancr?dito was done to show the group?s total confidence in the future of the Dominican Republic. Speaking at a luncheon held for the economic editors of the major newspapers, Le?n Asencio said that the fusion of the two banking institutions was going according to plan and that the restructuring would be headed by Carlos Guillermo Le?n, Manuel Pe?a-Morros, Felipe Mendoza and Jos? Sanoja.
Jos? Le?n Asencio, as current head of the Grupo Le?n Jim?nes, sat beside don Eduardo, who was effusive in his praise of the cooperation received from officials at the Superintendence of Banks and the Central Bank.