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e3bank: A new bank built for the green economy

Posted on June 23, 2009

You might think now is a terrible time to start a bank. The banking industry has gone from tailspin to government-owned in the past 8 months.The collapse of one major financial institution after another -- either through mergers or failures -- has made the very profession seem like, well, something to avoid like swine flu.But for the founders and principals at a new start-up bank that received its charter this past March, now is the perfect time to start a bank. If, that is, you're starting a bank based on a different value system.Enter Sandy Wiggins and Frank Baldassarre. Of the two, Fran...

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