Best Bank in Barbados

FirstCaribbean Bank is proud to be named the Best Bank in Barbados in the 2009 Best Banks Award by Euromoney Magazine. In 2008 The Banker Magazine notified FirstCaribbean that it has won two Bank of the Year Country Awards for its work in The Bahamas and Barbados.

In 2009 FirstCaribbean made a donation of US$25,000 to the Barbados Youth Business Trust, part of a larger donation of US$100,000 to youth business across the Caribbean.

In 2006 The editors of Global Finance Magazine named FirstCaribbean "Best Bank In Barbados" for the third time in as many years.

FirstCaribbean was formed in 2002 with the merger of CIBC West Indies Holdings and Barclays Bank PLC Caribbean operations. In December 2006, CIBC acquired Barclays stake and became the majority shareholder in FirstCaribbean. CIBC is a leading North American financial institution serving clients in Canada and around the world.

FirstCaribbean is the largest, regionally-listed bank in the English-speaking Caribbean, offering a full range of market-leading financial services in Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Credit Cards, Treasury Sales and Trading, and Investment Banking.

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