Alexander Lugo

Maui has been dealt a bad hand in recent years as the effects of the deadly 2023 wildfires still loom amid other economic concerns. The rebuild efforts are expected to give the island's economy a boost, but it's also facing a tourism slowdown, workforce shortage issues and housing supply scarcity.

Hawaiʻi's largest banks have ramped up branch closures since the COVID-19 pandemic. But the interior designs are shifting to give better in-person service in the digital age. We get more on that story from Alexander Lugo at Pacific Business News.