Luckily she has cut back on her comments of late.

Thanks for reading the Orange Juice!

Well that’s what happened for years at a restaurant popular with the “Usual Suspects” and known in circles a a “influential businessman”.

On behalf of the bus boy some irish mafia types interceded and he smartly made the choice to drive his S500 home instead of spending the night in the trunk!

What is it with these folks that don’t want to help the most desperate among us. The previous poster is naive to understand that denyiny them services quashes assimilation.

thank God for Googal,I mean google.
Let me start aggen redy-
Latinos are a true Powerhouse- I am so so jealous and envious- I think everyone has noticed already-I vent about Latinos and let my anger out on them on this blog all the time!!!
Now they will be opening moore bank akkounts
Oh darn they will establish credit, oh I want to be a beautiful Latina-
Dr. Plastique Sergen please make me look Latina,
here is a picture of Salma Hayek and J-Lo.

Give me the best of J-Lo and give me everything else a la Salma Hayek.

Now that $$$ power will be increasing with credit and opportoonity for Latinos– I can’t stand it any longer- away with my bitterness- make me Latina NOW–CHARGE IT ON MY MEDI-CAL ACCT.
Justification– If you don’t, it will cost the gov’t more in mental health costs if I lose it further over not having been born Latina!!

Mayve Dok Lomeli can give me teeth or veneeers that look like Thalia’s new teeth!!
Oh and Sean Mill will forgive my rants, if I smile BIGG!!!

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Hispanic Press Kit
Making Hispanics a priority

With 90% of Hispanic residents in the United States within our geography, Bank of America gives high priority to initiating and growing relationships with Hispanic consumers, businesses and communities. This includes expanding our retail and small business distribution channels in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods, hiring and developing more Spanish-speaking associates, and advertising and providing basic services in Spanish.

Helpful products

Bank of America offers a variety of products designed specifically for Hispanics. This includes SafeSend, which allows customers to transfer funds to Mexico from anywhere in the United States, online or by phone. It also includes Nuevo Futuro, an introductory checking account. We also offer special mortgage products that take into account the financial contributions of extended family members living in a single home.

Special services

Bank of America provides Spanish-language information online, allowing customers to find product information, change addresses and do a variety of other activities such as monitor loan applications. We’re hiring more bilingual associates, and continue to add banking centers in Hispanic markets. For customers who prefer to call, Bank of America provides Spanish-language call centers and voice-guided services.

Bank of America also accepts Matricula Consular as a valid form of identification for consumers opening new accounts and cashing checks. Bank of America led the way as the only major bank to testify in front of Congress in support of the card.

Successful contributions

Bank of America is the No. 1 lender to minority-owned and Hispanic-owned businesses. We finance affordable housing in Hispanic communities across the country, as part of our $750 billion loan and investment goal in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods over the next 10 years. Furthermore, the Bank of America Foundation has set a 10-year goal of $1.5 billion for philanthropic investment, much of which will address critical needs in Hispanic neighborhoods.

Learn more

To learn more about Bank of America’s Hispanic products and services, go to http://www.bankofamerica.com/espanol. Or see our fact sheet.

News Releases and Additional Information

Press Releases
January 27, 2005 — Bank of America becomes first bank to eliminate money transfer fees to Mexico
August 17, 2004 — Bank of America remittance service for sending money to Mexico grows 1,500 percent in first six months of 2004
September 29, 2003 — Bank of America and Santander Serfin Announce New, Advanced SafeSend Features to Benefit Customers on Both Sides of the Border
Additional Information

Hispanic Fact Sheet
SafeSend: Fact Sheet, Press Kit
For the Media

Contact the appropriate line of business media relations contact for assistance.
Visit prensa.bankofamerica.com, our Spanish language newsroom
For questions regarding Hispanic banking and services, please contact Diane Wagner, 1.312.828.2932

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Hispanic fact sheet

A strong national presence
• Bank of America is a leader in banking for the Hispanic community, maintaining relationships with 3.9 million, or 57 percent, of the 6.9 million Hispanic households in our territory.
• Hispanic customers have more than $15 billion in deposits with Bank of America and comprise about 33 percent of all new checking accounts in the first half of 2004.
People who care
• Of the more than 175 new banking centers opening in 2004, at least 80 will be in communities where Hispanics represent 10 percent or more of the population.
• In 2003, 30 percent of external hires were Hispanic
• 47 percent of the new external hires were bilingual – 67 percent of them Spanish-speaking
Products and services
• Nuevo Futuro, an introductory account that bundles checking, savings and remittance.
• SafeSend, the only international remittance product offering access 24 hours a day.
• Free access to 26,000 Santander ATMs across the United States and Mexico.
• Flexible loan underwriting, including accepting the financial contributions of extended family members living in a single home to get a mortgage.
• Spanish-language Service My Mortgage, an online service for monitoring loan activity and ordering customer service items such as coupon books and amortization schedules.
• Accepting the Matricula Consular as a valid form of identification when opening new accounts and cashing checks.
• Expanded voice-guided service in Spanish
• Spanish language Web site, http://www.bankofamerica.com/espanol
Small businesses and suppliers
• Recognized as No. 1 Small Business Administration (SBA) lender to minority-owned and Hispanic-owned businesses. Bank of America is translating SBA applications/fulfillment documents into Spanish.
• Through the Multicultural Supplier Development Group, Bank of America spent almost $100 million in 2003 with businesses owned by Hispanics.
• Bank of America has increased spending with Hispanic suppliers by 66 percent between 2000 and 2003.
• In 2003, Hispanic suppliers accounted for 15 percent, or $95 million of Bank of America supplier spending.
Community
• Bank of America is contributing $20 million over 10 years to the National Council of La Raza’s (NCLR) Hope Fund.
• More than 15 percent, or nearly $11 million of Bank of America’s charitable investments in 2003 went to multicultural organizations.
• The Community Development Banking Group is financing affordable housing in Hispanic communities across the country, part of our goal to lend and invest more than $750 billion in low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods over the next 10 years.
• To improve the way higher education serves Hispanics and promotes career opportunities, Bank of America is working with the National Society of Hispanic MBAs and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
• The Bank of America Foundation has set a 10-year goal of $1.5 billion for philanthropic investment, much of which will address critical needs in Hispanic neighborhoods.
• Bank of America supports the Neighborhood Builders program, which will provide $200,000 over two years toward a non-profit organization’s operating support and leadership training.

I’m very uncomfortable with government trying to get involved in private financial matters. Things normally do not turn out well.

“It is a voluntary program” first voluntary, then mandatory.