UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~Pursuant~~PURSUANT toTO ~~Section~~SECTION 13 orOR 15(d)

ofOF ~~the~~THE ~~Securities~~SECURITIES ~~Exchange~~EXCHANGE ~~Act~~ACT ofOF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~February~~March 273, 2015

DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Puerto Rico	001-31579	66-0312162
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)	(CommissionFile Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)
1451 Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico		00920-2717
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (787) 474-6700


200 Park Avenue, Suite 1700, New York, New York				10160
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:				(646) 632-3700

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 87.01. ~~Other~~Regulation ~~Events~~FD Disclosure.

As previously disclosed, by Doral Financial Corporation (the “Company”) ~~and certain~~in ofa ~~its~~Form ~~subsidiaries~~8-K ~~(collectively~~filed with the ~~Company~~Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 20, 2015 (the “~~Doral~~February 20 Form 8-K”), ~~filed~~in aconnection ~~lawsuit~~with ~~against~~the completion of the ~~Commonwealth~~Company’s financial statements for 2014 the Company had determined to seek non-objection from SEC Office of ~~Puerto~~the ~~Rico~~Chief Accountant (the “~~Commonwealth~~OCA”), relating to the ~~Puerto~~Company’s ~~Rico~~determination ~~Department~~to ofaccount ~~the~~for ~~Treasury~~certain commercial assets (the “~~Treasury~~Commercial ~~Department~~Assets”) that ~~and~~were ~~the~~part ~~Secretary~~of a potential sale of ~~the~~assets ~~Treasury~~to ~~Department,~~to ~~Hon.~~Abbey ~~Melba~~Finance ~~Acosta~~Holdings ~~Febo~~PR, LLC in ~~her~~July ~~official~~2014 ~~capacity~~as “held for investment” rather than “held for sale.” As disclosed in the February 20 Form 8-K, the Company has determined to account for the Commercial Assets as ~~defendants~~assets held for investment for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014, because, among other factors, the Company did not have sufficient regulatory capital to complete the transaction and therefore did not have regulatory authority to sell such assets and, accordingly, had no intent to sell such assets. The Company asserts that in applying “held for sale” accounting the ~~Court~~competing ofregulatory ~~First~~directives ~~Instance~~to both de-risk the balance sheet of ~~Puerto~~Doral Bank, ~~Rico~~the Company’s principal operating subsidiary (the “~~Court~~Bank”), and improve the Bank’s capital levels created a unique set of ~~First~~facts ~~Instance”)~~and ~~seeking~~circumstances related to ~~enforce~~“held ~~the~~for ~~Closing~~sale” ~~Agreement~~accounting ~~dated~~that have not otherwise been ~~March 26,~~addressed ~~2012~~in ~~between~~prior ~~Doral~~published ~~and~~statements of the ~~Treasury~~SEC ~~Department~~staff (or settled enforcement proceedings. Accordingly, the application of “~~Closing~~held ~~Agreement~~for sale”) ~~and~~accounting is subject to ~~collect~~significant SEC review and analysis. Given the ~~$229~~high ~~million~~level ~~owed~~of scrutiny anticipated relating to ~~Doral~~the ~~under~~Company’s accounting treatment and the ~~Closing~~unique ~~Agreement.~~facts Onand ~~October 10,~~circumstances ~~2014~~confronting the ~~Court~~Company ofin ~~First~~its ~~Instance~~efforts ~~issued~~to ~~its~~de-risk ~~ruling~~the Bank and avoid negative bank regulatory consequences, the Company believes it appropriate to ~~holding~~obtain ~~that~~pre-filing review of its proposed accounting treatment of the ~~Closing~~Commercial ~~Agreement~~Assets. isOn aMarch 3, ~~valid~~2015, ~~and~~the ~~binding~~Company ~~obligation~~filed ~~enforceable~~its ~~against~~non-objection request with the ~~Commonwealth~~OCA.

OnLoans ~~December 31,~~held ~~2014,~~for ~~the~~sale ~~Commonwealth appealed~~are ~~the~~carried ~~ruling~~at to the ~~Court~~lower of ~~Appeals~~cost ofor ~~Puerto~~fair ~~Rico~~value, whereas loans held for investment are carried at outstanding principal adjusted for any charge-offs, the allowance for loan losses (or the ~~“Court~~allowance offor ~~Appeals”~~doubtful accounts)., Onany ~~February 25,~~deferred ~~2015~~fees or costs on originated loans, ~~the~~and ~~Court~~any ofunamortized ~~Appeals~~premiums ~~issued~~or ~~its~~discounts ~~ruling~~on ~~reversing~~purchased loans. If the ~~Court~~OCA ofdisagrees ~~First~~with ~~Instance~~the Company’s accounting treatment regarding the Commercial Assets and ~~holding~~determines that the ~~Closing~~Commercial ~~Agreement~~Assets isshould ~~void.~~be ~~On February~~classified as held for sale as of June 2730, ~~2015~~2014, ~~Doral~~then ~~petitioned~~the ~~for~~Company ~~Certiorari~~will toreport losses associated with the ~~Supreme~~Commercial ~~Court~~Assets of ~~Puerto~~approximately $50.0 ~~Rico~~million (for the ~~“Supreme~~fiscal ~~Court”)~~year 2014. As discussed in the February 20 Form 8-K, the Company is also evaluating additional potential year-end adjustments that may affect management’s going concern accounting treatment analysis that is required to ~~appeal~~be conducted in closing its financial statements for each interim period relating to the ~~decision~~first, ofsecond and third fiscal quarters as well as the ~~Court~~full fiscal year of ~~Appeals~~2014.

OnUpdate ~~February 27,~~on ~~2015,~~Future ~~the~~Operations ~~Supreme Court denied Doral’s petition for Certiorari. Therefore, the determination of the Court of Appeals remains and the Closing Agreement has been determined to be void.~~

On February 27, 2015, the Bank was placed into receivership by the Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation appointed as receiver for the Bank. The Company has previously disclosed that it may not be able to continue as a going concern if the Bank were placed into receivership. The Company is unable to determine the extent of any recovery for its debt holders and creditors as well the preferred or common holders as a result of the Bank being placed into receivership as the amount of any recovery will depend upon the priority of the claim, the price at which assets and businesses can be sold and the extent of liability certain parties may have to the Company.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

The Company’s principal executive office has changed from 1451 Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920-2717 to 200 Park Avenue, Suite 1700, New York, New York 10160. As the Company has recently established its New York office it is in the process of establishing full functionality of its telecommunications systems for this office.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of, and subject to the protection of, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. In addition, the Company may make forward-looking statements in its other press releases, filings with the ~~Securities and Exchange Commission (the “~~SEC”) or in other public or shareholder communications and its senior management may make forward-looking statements orally to analysts, investors, the media and others.

Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, but instead represent the Company’s current expectations regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements may be generally identified by the use of words or phrases such as “would be,” “will allow,” “intends to,” “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” “project,” “believe,” “expect,” “predict,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “outlook,” “target,” “goal,” and similar expressions and future conditional verbs such as “would,” “should,” “could,” “might,” “can” or “may” or similar expressions and include statements relating to the expected accounting treatment of the Commercial Assets and the Company’s preliminary financial results and estimated capital ratios.

The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements since they speak only as of the date made and represent the Company’s expectations of past or future conditions or results and are not guarantees of future performance. The Company does not undertake and specifically disclaims any obligations to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of those statements other than as required by law, including the requirements of applicable securities laws.

Forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to risks and uncertainties and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements include the adequacy of the Company’s capital and liquidity, the Company’s ability to continue to operate its business as a going concern, the Company obtaining non-objection from the ~~Office~~OCA ~~of Chief Accountant of the Division of Corporation Finance~~ with respect to its accounting treatment of ~~certain~~the ofCommercial ~~its commercial assets~~Assets, and the effect of legal or regulatory proceedings, tax legislation and tax rules, the Company’s ability to use its deferred tax assets and related reserves under the 2006 closing agreement between ~~Doral~~the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and the ~~Treasury~~Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury, the potential delisting of the Company’s common stock from the New York Stock Exchange, compliance and regulatory matters and new accounting standards and guidance on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. These factors and additional factors that may cause the Company’s results to differ from forward-looking statements are described more completely under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on March 21, 2014 and is available on the Company’s website at www.~~doralbank~~doralfinancial.com, as updated from time to time with the Company’s periodic and other reports filed and to be filed with the SEC.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	DORAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date: March 2, 2015	By:	/s/ Enrique R. Ubarri Enrique R. Ubarri Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Date: March 6, 2015	By: Name: Title:	/s/ Enrique Ubarri Enrique Ubarri Executive Vice President and General Counsel

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