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Discover Bank
Discover Bank® is one of the largest digital banks in the United States, offering a broad array of products, including credit cards, personal loans, student loans, deposit products and home equity loans. The 18,000+ employees at Discover® are united by shared values and a common sense of purpose, to help people spend smarter, manage debt better, and save more, so that they achieve a brighter financial future.
Discover Bank’s Greenwood branch is one of the largest retail bank branches in Delaware, and is in the top 1% of non-metro branches in the United States, based upon total deposits.
In addition to offering online banking products, with favorable rates at a local office,
a benefit of having the lone branch of a bank, with more than $111 billion in assets, is that Discover Bank’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activities are centered in and around Sussex County. The CRA was enacted by Congress in 1977 to encourage banks to meet the credit needs of all members of their local community. Discover focuses on the CRA and supports local organizations by providing loans, investments, and a plethora of services to low and moderate income communities and consumers.
Discover Bank meets these goals in a variety of ways. Often partnerships with organizations like the Delaware Technology Park, National Development Council, Cinnaire and NCALL to bring projects like the FinTech Building, on the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus, to fruition.
“Discover Bank is dedicated to building stronger communities, which is why we’ve
championed this project to expand economic opportunities, create jobs in financial James J. Roszkowski, President, Discover Bank services and FinTech, and promote financial health for underserved populations,” said
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Discover Bank President James J. Roszkowski. “The development at STAR helps us realize our vision of creating brighter financial futures for consumers, as well as creating new opportunities for the business community.”
Greenwood, DE
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FinTech Building on UD STAR Campus
Delaware Technology Park
The Delaware Technology Park (DTP) is a recognized leading East Coast non-profit research park, providing development-stage life science, information technology, advanced materials, and renewable energy companies with access to the resources and connections needed to drive and accelerate their economic success.
The mission of the Delaware Technology Park is to stimulate economic growth and create high-value jobs in the Mid-Atlantic region by providing affordable state-of-the- art facilities, access to necessary resources and connections to the region’s industry, government and academic leaders.
DTP has housed more than 160 companies, including 25 companies that have matured and graduated from the Park. There has been $300 million invested in companies and an additional $300 million through research grants. DTP has helped create more than 16,000 new jobs in the community.
The tremendous success of DTP is possible because of its strategic alignment with the State, the University of Delaware, and the private sector. In 2005, the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) recognized DTP as the Outstanding Research/Science Park of the Year.
DTP is underway with its newest project, a FinTech Building on the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus. This site combines academic excellence in scientific education and research with corporate R&D Centers and entrepreneurs. The FinTech Building is attracting candidate tenants to start and grow as part of Delaware’s well-established global financial services center. Cutting edge digital science technologies, laboratories, and education are committed from the Colleges of Engineering
and Business. If this location is of interest to you, contact
Delaware Technology Park at 302-452-1100 or email
Angela Giliberti at agiliberti@deltechpark.org.
1 Innovation Way, Newark, DE 19711 | 302.452.1100 | deltechpark.org