#Susan Utsugi

Central Pacific Bank announced the newest participants of the WE by Rising Tide program. Now in its fifth year, this successful initiative selects 19 women entrepreneurs from across Hawaiʻi, providing them with the knowledge and tools to scale their businesses to new levels of success.

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

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.

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.

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

The Central Pacific Bank Foundation welcomed its third cohort of women entrepreneurs participating in the WE by Rising Tide program, an initiative that provides women entrepreneurs with the opportunity to enhance financial management skills, craft marketing strategies, and connect with fellow professionals.

Central Pacific Bank and its customers the recipients of nine of 14 US Small Business Administration Small Business Awards for Hawaiʻi, including Senior Vice President, Division Manager, Business Banking Susan Utsugi being named 2022 Women in Business Champion of the Year for the State of Hawaiʻi.