English Bus/Financial Finance (general)

After taking over the San Jose bank, A.P. spent years examining the dynamics and the viability of branch banking. Finally, he felt confident enough to make a run for statewide banking. As A.P. visited other regions, the venom started flowing, and latent bigotry turned overtly poisonous. A headline in a Los Angeles newspaper screamed, “Park Bank Taken Over by Italians.”