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Hawaii National Bank is a privately held community bank, with branch offices in
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,
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, and Maui. The bank was established on September 19, 1960, in the Chinatown neighborhood of
downtown Honolulu Downtown Honolulu is the current historic, economic, and governmental center of Honolulu, the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is bounded by Nuuanu Stream to the west, Ward Avenue to the east, Vineyard Boulevard to the nor ...
. In 1997, Hawaii National Bank had the highest percentage of small business loans (defined as loans of less than $ 250,000) of all the
commercial bank A commercial bank is a financial institution which accepts deposits from the public and gives loans for the purposes of consumption and investment to make profit. It can also refer to a bank, or a division of a large bank, which deals with co ...
s in Hawaii. Further, in a report by the Office of Advocacy of the
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, the bank was recognized as being the "most friendly" lender to small business in its asset size in
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. The bank is also a is a certified participant in the Minority Bank Deposit Program administered by the
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Financial Management Service.


References

*United States Small Business Administration (2000)
"Banking Study, 2000"
''Office of Advocacy'', June, 2000. *United States Small Business Administration (1999)

''Office of Advocacy'', June, 1999. *United States Small Business Administration (1998)

''Office of Advocacy'', June, 1998.


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* Banks based in Hawaii Banks established in 1960 Privately held companies based in Hawaii 1960 establishments in Hawaii Companies based in Honolulu {{US-bank-stub