Loans rise at area community banks

Executives at five banks in the region share the why behind their loan growth.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 21, 2018
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File. Pilot Bank CEO Roy Hellwege.
File. Pilot Bank CEO Roy Hellwege.
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Around the west coast of Florida, loans are on the rise at several community banks. 

Some institutions are seeing percentage growth in the double-digits over the previous year — up to an increase of 34.2% for Winter Haven-based CenterState Bank. 

 

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