Solera National Bank to Sponsor Spanish-Language, Small Business Training Course...

Solera National Bank to Sponsor Spanish-Language, Small Business Training
Course With Agnes Talamantez Carroll & Associates

LAKEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Solera National Bank is
sponsoring a comprehensive seven-week small business training course with
national Hispanic advocate, Agnes Talamantez Carroll of Agnes Talamantez
Carroll & Associates of Denver, Colorado. The course, taught only in Spanish,
will focus on Latino small-business owners and will aim to educate and equip
the participants with valuable tools and resources for scalable business
success. The course will end with a graduation ceremony at Solera National
Bank's main office in Lakewood, Colorado.
In keeping with its mission to embrace and educate the diverse Hispanic
market, Solera National Bank is proud to align itself with such a high caliber
individual and curriculum. Agnes Talamantez Carroll has taught Latino business
owners for 15 years and continues to empower them through continuously updated
training modules.
Continuing the bank's commitment to its grassroots approach to the
Hispanic market, the course will be conducted and hosted at Centro San Juan
Diego (CSJD), a unit of the Archdiocese of Denver. Founded in 2003, CSJD was
created to empower Hispanic families affiliated with the Archdiocese of Denver
through an extensive offering of educational topics and curriculums.
Agnes Talamantez Carroll stated, "I'm excited about this partnership
between CSJD, Solera National Bank and my company. This partnership represents
one of the strongest alliances in the country, with direct impact at a
community level. We all have the same vision which can be summarized as
bringing about the economic success of the Hispanic community through
acculturation via education and training. We have unified to make it happen."
Paul M. Ferguson, President & CEO of Solera National Bank, commented, "We
are committed to partnering with companies like Agnes Talamantez Carroll &
Associates to provide Hispanic business owners with contemporary,
comprehensive business education classes that will help ensure their future
success. I look forward to attending the graduation ceremony that will be held
at Solera National Bank."
Solera National Bank is a traditional, community commercial bank with a
core competency in servicing and understanding the culturally diverse and
dynamic Hispanic market.
For more information, please contact:

Mr. Paul M. Ferguson
Tel: 303-202-0934
Email: PFerguson@SoleraBank.com

Cautions Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
All information in this news release consists of forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. The statements contained in this release, which are not historical
facts and that relate to future plans or projected results of Solera National
Bancorp, Inc. ("Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Solera National
Bank ("Bank"), are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected, anticipated or implied. These risks and uncertainties can include
the risks associated with the ability to grow the Bank and the services it
provides, the ability to successfully integrate new business lines and expand
into new markets, competition in the marketplace, general economic conditions
and many other risks described in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings. The most significant of these uncertainties are described
in our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K all of which any reader of this release
is encouraged to study (including all amendments to those reports) and
exhibits to those reports, and include (but are not limited to) the following:
the Company has a very limited operating history upon which to base an
estimate of its future financial performance; the Company expects to incur
losses during its initial years of operations; the Bank's failure to implement
its business strategies may adversely affect the Company's financial
performance; the departures of key personnel or directors may impair the
Bank's operations; and general economic and market conditions. We undertake no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement. Readers of this
release are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
SOURCE Solera National Bank

Mr. Paul M. Ferguson of Solera National Bank, +1-303-202-0934,
PFerguson@SoleraBank.com