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Last year the Kenyan authorities licensed two Islamic banks, Gulf African Bank and First Community Bank, both backed by Gulf investment.
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Ultimately they got a loan through City First Bank, a community development bank right in Washington.
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HaloCard was conceived by Nick Lepetsos, the 45-year-old president of First American State Bank, a community bank in Greenwood Village, Colo.
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And designated community banks, such as First Bank of the Americas in the heart of Chicago's Hispanic district, are supported by the Treasury when they offer low-cost services, such as basic loans, aimed at previously unserved populations.
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In September 2011, the pacified Cidade de Deus favela, widely known for the movie that bears its name, became the first neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro with a community bank.
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First National Bank of Keystone, once a pillar of its West Virginia mining community, was hailed throughout the 1990s as one of the best-performing banks in the nation.
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