ShoreBank thrives despite early predictions
Omaha.comOpening a bank aimed at improving the quality of life in poor urban areas was supposed to be a grand notion doomed for failure. Thirty-four years later, the stories are about its trailblazing success. ShoreBank is alive and flourishing with a global reputation far out of proportion to its comparatively modest $2.1 billion in assets.
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