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When Catapult got over the $250,000 mark, Bank of Central Florida helped them move to Insured Deposit Sweep accounts.

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Did you know Catapult opened an account with Bank of Central Florida in 2013? Since then, Catapult has grown from a small business in a basement with 20 members to a 38,000-sqft entrepreneurial center with 230 members in the heart of Lakeland.

“We knew we wanted a bank in alignment with our goals,” says Catapult president Christin Strawbridge. “Bank of Central Florida has provided all of the services that we have needed to grow.”

Read the full Q +A with Christin.*

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