#Central Pacific Bank

This year’s Maui Visitor Industry Charity Walk drew nearly 1,900 volunteers who pounded 2.5 miles of pavement along Kaʻahumanu Avenue Saturday to raise $1.56 million for 68 Maui County nonprofit beneficiaries. “We are extremely grateful to our friends and colleagues in the hospitality industry for coming out today to support the community and this worthy […]

Central Pacific Bank announced the promotion of John Tapper to serve as the new Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing Operations & Digital Advertising where he will optimize the bank’s marketing and digital strategies.

As spring season winds down, Warriors baseball team and Sabers boys volleyball team know they will be in their state tournaments. MIL track also shining through.

Liuone Faagai, Laurie Okinaga, Riley Angell and Lance Ming all received promotions within Central Pacific Bank, per an announcement on Wednesday.

The program covers financial management, marketing and branding strategies and networking opportunities with successful women entrepreneurs and executives.

More than 270 supporters and staff of Maui Economic Opportunity, including state House Speaker Nadine Nakamura, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and Mayor Richard Bissen, helped the nonprofit celebrate 60 years of Helping People, Changing Lives, and retired Hale Mahaolu Executive Director Grant Chun at a fundraising Gala on March 22 at the King Kamehameha Golf […]

Central Pacific Bank earned several honors by the US Small Business Administration as the top lender in Hawaiʻi for 2024. This achievement includes the prestigious SBA Lender of the Year, Category II award for Hawaiʻi, a recognition CPB has now received 16 times since 2004.

Conrad Figueroa is Central Pacific Bank’s new senior vice president and director of Mainland lending within the Credit Strategies & Solutions team, the bank announced.

Central Pacific Bank has announced the launch of Business Express, a new online lending platform designed to provide small businesses in Hawaiʻi with fast, flexible and easy access to financing.

Central Pacific Bank has hired Larry Panzeri as the new branch manager of its Kīhei branch. 

Central Pacific Bank has closed its branch office off of Kaahumanu Avenue and opened an office at a new, nearly 10,000-square-foot building at 145 Ho‘okele St. near Target in Kahului. The bank offers customers consumer, commercial, residential, wealth and investment services.

Ralph Mesick, a Hawaiʻi banker with nearly 40 years of financial services experience, has joined Central Pacific Bank (CPB) as its senior executive vice president and chief risk officer, according to an announcement today by Arnold Martines, CPB chairman, president and chief executive officer.

On Friday, Central Pacific Bank introduced the newest participants of its “WE by Rising Tide” program in co-sponsorship with the aio Foundation, and in partnership with the Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Financial Institutions is hosting a mortgage assistance event to provide support for homeowners and business owners who have been impacted by the Maui wildfires.

Members of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Marine Affairs will plan and execute on the principles of the blue economy, collaborating among stakeholders to develop tangible recommendations for sustainable ocean-related policies and initiatives.

Nalu’s South Shore Grill owner, Ron Panzo was honored as the winner of the US Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 2024 Hawaiʻi State Small Business Person of the Year award. This award acknowledges outstanding achievements and contributions of small businesses across Hawaiʻi and the nation.

Hawaiʻi Community Lending announces a new Lahaina Homeowner Recovery Program. This three-year program will assist up to 500 owner-occupant Lahaina homeowners prevent foreclosure and qualify for financing to rebuild their homes.

Hale Management, LLC has named Hawaiʻi banking industry veteran, Blenn A. Fujimoto as its CEO; and subsidiary, AEPAC has tapped Fujimoto as its new president. AEPAC supports the US Army Corps of Engineers cultural monitoring contract for debris-related Federal Emergency Management Agency missions in response to the Lahaina wildfires on Maui, for which AEPAC serves as the prime contractor. 

Central Pacific Bank is accepting applications for the WE by Rising Tide program, a free initiative empowering women entrepreneurs to thrive.

Central Pacific Bank announced a dominant performance at the US Small Business Administration’s Hawaiʻi District awards ceremony, securing the most recognitions of any bank in the state for 2023.