As their numbers grow here, Hispanics become big business in Seattle, Washington

“Even from his 37th-floor headquarters in downtown Seattle, Carlos Guangorena can see the potential of the state’s growing Hispanic immigrant community.

Down in Kent, he is launching the first bank in Washington to be owned and managed by Hispanic immigrants, and to be geared toward them.

Plaza Bank is due to open next month with a branch at Kent Station, a snazzy new mall, near Latino communities in South King County and South Seattle.”

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