11. Community Banking: Building Wealth, Trust & Opportunity

Podcast: The Lift Effect · Lift Orlando

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

What does community banking look like when a financial institution sees a neighborhood as more than a market? In this episode of The Lift Effect Podcast, host Keyania Johnson sits down with Shakira Thompson and Dontrell Stills of Axiom Bank to discuss financial literacy, small business funding, access to capital, entrepreneurship, community investment, financial trauma, and the historic legacy of banking in Orlando’s 32805 community. The conversation takes place against an important piece of Central Florida history. Axiom Bank’s Goldwyn Avenue location occupies the same building once home to Washington Shores Savings and Loan, Florida’s firs...