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BBVA Compass announces five finalists for entrepreneurial contest on Facebook

  • - Finalists compete for one of two $10,000 prizes to help fuel business creation and expansion
  • - Competition helps small businesses tap into Facebook's growing popularity as an online resource for consumers
  • - Fueling small business ingenuity

January 10, 2014

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- BBVA Compass today announced the finalists in its Great Ideas for Small Business contest on Facebook, putting two $10,000 prizes within reach for five entrepreneurs.

Launched in October via an app on BBVA Compass' Facebook page, the contest provides a platform for qualifying small business owners and entrepreneurs to promote their ideas for a chance to win one of two $10,000 prizes to fuel business growth. Forty-six ideas were submitted and narrowed to five based on a tally of Facebook votes and scores by a panel of BBVA Compass judges.

The two prizes will be awarded following the final round of voting that ends January 15.  Read more here....