Dominik Mjartan, ’02 Management BBA alumnus, is in the news nationally for his work at Optus Bank, a Black owned bank in South Carolina. He has recently been featured on NPR’s MarketWatch program discussing the updated PPP loans and improving access to those for Black owned businesses. In November he was a main subject of a Wall Street Journal article on Black owned banks and their roles in economic development and access to credit for Black families and businesses.
You can read these stories yourself at the links below:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-battle-to-keep-americas-black-banks-alive-11604725200
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/01/12/new-ppp-changes-aim-to-serve-businesses-owned-by-marginalized-communities/
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