Group gets $50 million to target Pasco, Pinellas foreclosures By SHANNON BEHNKEN | The Tampa Tribune    Published: January 25, 2010 TAMPA – A local nonprofit has received $50 million in federal grants to buy, rehabilitate or demolish foreclosed and abandoned homes in Pasco and Pinellas counties. A partnership between Tampa-based Neighborhood Lending Partners and nine member banks

Less is More – Finding Comfort in Community Banks The rural region of Pasco County, Florida, may not seem like it should be on the cutting edge of banking services, particularly when the banking system is in shambles, but here one community bank is doing things a little differently than those chain banks you hear about

Character Counts – The Value of Knowing Your Local Banker What can you do in these trying times when you don’t know which bank is getting bailed out – or going bust? When you’re concerned if your money is safe, let alone confident in some chain bank to extend a personal or business loan? Have you ever

Debunking the 4 Major Myths About Banking Today One Community Banker Separates Fact from Fiction to Help You Understand the Modern World of Banking If you listen to the news about banking these days, be it on TV, in the paper or from the radio drive-time talk shows, it’s mostly doom with a heavy sprinkling of gloom

In these hard times it can be challenging to consider making money, let alone saving money. But regardless of your current financial situation, and in good times and bad, money matters and the more you know about how to save money, the better you’re able to take the good times with the bad. And while banks

In the famous Christmas movie Its a Wonderful Life, the townsfolk lose confidence in their local savings and loan and demand the balance in their accounts, immediately, creating what is known as a run on the bank. Fortunately, all ends well with a cheery Hollywood resolution, but in these uncertain times many people are wondering

By: Karla Jo Helms – PR // // // Now more than ever, the news about banks lending money is doom and gloom. From the presidents sobering speeches about this countrys financial crisis to the headlines to the 24-hour financial news segments, the message is clear: Banks arent lending money anymore But not all banks are created