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Article: Opportunities in growing Palm Beach County, Fla., appeal to bankers.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- August 11, 2004
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By Kathy Bushouse, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 11--The chance to get a piece of the banking business in fast-growing Palm Beach County and beyond is making some bank executives' mouths water.
Many community banks that have already fattened their profits on a steady diet of affluent customers in Broward and Miami-Dade counties are casting their eyes north.
For early arrivals in the Palm Beach County market, the opportunities are positively delectable.
"We're in the market that everybody wants to get into," said BankUnited President Ramiro Ortiz. "And I guess the most difficult situation for ...