With the company’s rapid growth in 2003, Boris decided to expand and open a store location in San Nicolas, to make it convenient for all customers who lived on the south side of the island. Later, he also started taking in electronics, cars and anything of value.

In 2003, Mr. Cybul affiliates “La Estrella” to the National Pawn Brokers Association, in which he participated in many conventions and seminars to learn the business and make it more efficient. Still to date, Mr. Cybul, representing “La Estrella”, is an active member and regularly takes part of conventions, meetings, seminars, on site visits at different pawn shops globally to keep his knowledge up to date and is always looking for improvement that can benefit the company, its clients and the community. Currently, “Estrella America N.V.” has 5 different convenient locations with very competent and well trained staff to serve its customers all around Aruba.

ACTIVITIES & TYPOLOGY

"La Estrella" is a company that renders a service of loans with a pledged security, with the aim of contributing with the development of our community and to solve in an immediate way, the needs of countless clients and without great formalities, with a maximum loan of AWG 4.000 per person. For that reason, we are considered a Financial entity, according to the definition given by the CBA: pawn shops/ Compra y Benta companies, are businesses dedicated to grant small loans to individuals against the pledge of goods, or to the business of purchasing tangible personal property, with the condition that same may be redeemed from pawn in a fixed term and calculating interest over the loan capital.

"Estrella America N.V." is a well-known company in the community for always handing out a hand to several local social institutions, sporting teams, family facing calamities, youth organizations and others.