What is Pan American Bank?
Pan American Bank is historically recognized as the oldest Latino-owned bank in California, founded in East Los Angeles during the mid-1960s to provide vital financial services to marginalized immigrant and Chicano communities. Co-founded by community leaders including Romana Acosta Bañuelos—who later served as the first Latina Treasurer of the United States—the institution was built specifically to offer bilingual banking support, residential mortgages, and small business loans to working-class residents who faced systemic discrimination from traditional commercial lenders.
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