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David Rizzo

Market President – Wilmington & Higher Education Sales Executive, First Carolina Bank
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David Rizzo serves as First Carolina Bank’s Wilmington Market President and opened the local office in 2017. His 25 years of banking experience include 20 in Wilmington. During his First Carolina tenure, the Bank has grown from th  

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Managing Uncertainty With Certainty of Execution

I may be a long way removed from my business school days, but the one thing that I vividly remember my finance professor telling us repeatedly was that “The financial markets absolutely hat ...

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Questions You Should Be Asking Your Bank(er)

When the calendar turns, it always creates a certain level of excitement and a renewed optimism, because we all get to start with a clean slate—even if it can also bring a bit of uncertainty. No ...

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