Too Black to Succeed: THE FINSAC EXPERIENCE

“Century National Bank (CNB), established in 1984, was one of the many new institutions that were added to the banking sector. CNB became one of the fast-growing financial institutions largely because of the dynamic, expansionist personality of its chairman, Don Crawford, who had graduated from the ranks in banking. As a member of the black middle class, he was also particularly welcomed, in keeping with the policy expectation that private ownership of the heights of the economy would be more mixed racially in the future than it was in the past. Don Crawford received effusive praise publicly from the Minister of Finance, Omar Davies, for his expansion programme. ” - Edward Seaga Read more