Catching up with Punit Shah

Punit Shah was Tampa Bay Business and Wealth’s first-ever cover story, in September 2018. Since then, he’s been a busy guy, despite a global pandemic. “Covid put a pause on a lot,” Shah says. “But we used the downtime, during covid, to plan and focus on several multi-family projects.” One of those was purchasing the … Read more

Community banking for community-focused businesses

By Kevin Gilligan, SBA Lending Director at The Bank of Tampa Thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Small Business Administration (SBA) has become a household name—at least within the business community. In actuality, the SBA offers business owners so much more than the PPP. Since its inception, the SBA’s primary mission has been … Read more