The banking company also announced a $80 million capital raise.
Many burgeoning Black entrepreneurs struggle to access capital and navigate the bureaucracy associated with owning a business. They have a local champion in Washington, D.C. Congresswoman...
The U.S. Small Business Administration has named Pat Mack, founder and CEO of PVM, its 2025 South Florida Veteran Business Owner of the Year. He credits...
Valhalla Bakery, one of St. Petersburg’s few all-vegan bakeries, will close its storefront in February. The bakery, which opened in March 2020 at 2462 Central Ave.,...
First Home Bancorp, the only community bank currently headquartered in St. Petersburg, has carried the strong momentum it had in 2020 into the first quarter of...
Editor’s note: This two-part series features national and local leaders of Valley Bank in a discussion with the Catalyst about economic and social trends that have emerged...
Thanks in large part to the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), 2020 turned out to be a record-setting year for Tampa-based First Citrus Bank. On Monday,...
The latest Covid-19 economic stimulus package, signed into law by President Trump in late December, provides for another round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that...
A Paycheck Protection Program loan was a lifeline for a Largo manufacturer amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “PPP gave us the confidence that we could continue doing...
Just a few weeks into his new job as senior vice president of Valley Bank’s Pinellas County commercial banking team, Jeff Armstrong has had to quickly...