Updates and News

At Choco le‘a, we’re all about bringing peace to our world, one chocolate at a time. Chocolate really is a powerful force for bringing people together, which is why my title is Chocolate Connections Officer.

Back in the ’90s, I applied for a loan to build our current facility, but I had only 5% of the down payment required. Despite this, Central Pacific Bank fully supported my vision and approved the loan to help us become the thriving business we are today.

Central Pacific Bank has been with me through my Olympic journey, my last few years on tour and my recent evolution as I step back from the tour.

Central Pacific Bank (CPB) announces the hiring of Travis Kikuchi as the new senior vice president and director of Private Banking for the Wealth Management team. In this role Kikuchi will be responsible for managing Private Banking and oversee key areas including business development, recruitment, risk management, loan servicing and compliance.

We started Island Snow in 1979, with just a single location in International Marketplace. Shave ice is pretty labor intensive so we incorporated clothing sales as well, and it worked.

We started our engineering consultancy in 2011, and when we were doing our business plan we reached out to a friend we knew at Central Pacific Bank who really helped. They got us started with an account, a line of credit, but probably most importantly, good business advice for our new company.