Press Releases

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Wednesday August 19, 2015: The Cropper Foundation, in collaboration with Republic Bank, hosts their first Teen Writer’s Workshop. The Workshop began on Saturday, August 15, 2015 and will run for 8 days, closing on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at the Toco Foundation Community Centre, Cumana.

Port of Spain, Trinidad: August 14, 2015: Republic Bank Limited wishes to clarify certain statements made recently in the local media regarding the suspension of the sale of foreign currency in its branches.

Paramaribo, Suriname: August 3, 2015 – Today, Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V. opened the doors of its six-branch network in Paramaribo and Nickerie, having acquired the operations of RBC Royal Bank (Suriname) N.V. from RBC Financial (Caribbean) Limited, through the purchase of Royal Overseas Holdings (St. Lucia) Limited. The transaction was approved by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and the Central Bank of Suriname.

Trinidad, Port of Spain: July 31st, 2015 – Republic Bank Limited has welcomed a new territory into the expanding financial Group. Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V. will begin operations on Monday (3rd August) having acquired RBC Royal Bank (Suriname) N.V. from RBC Financial (Caribbean) Limited, through the purchase of Royal Overseas Holdings (St. Lucia) Limited. This transaction closed today (Friday 31st July).

Port of Spain, Trinidad: Monday July 6, 2015: It was jubilation galore, as students of Trinity College, Maraval, were adjudged winners of the 2015 PanKnowRama Secondary Schools Quiz, held last Monday at the Faculty of Engineering, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, May 5, 2015: It was pandemonium and excitement galore, when the Republic Bank’s Literacy Caravan, rolled into several Primary Schools across Trinidad and Tobago and made surprise presentations to them, during the Bank’s literacy initiative which concluded on Friday.

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad: April 10, 2015: Over 30 children attached to the Kids in Need of Direction (K.I.N.D) had the time of their lives, when they participated in the YMCA 2015 International Children’s Book Day

Port of Spain, Trinidad, May 13, 2015– Following a successful Offer to the Shareholders of HFC Bank (Ghana), Republic Bank is pleased to announce that it has increased its shareholding in HFC Bank to 57.11%. This gives Republic Bank majority ownership and makes HFC Bank the fifth banking subsidiary within the Republic Bank Group.

Port of Spain, Trinidad, May 19, 2015: Eight Primary Hindu Schools across the country assembled at the Don Miguel Road Hindu School in El Socorro on May 18, to participate in the 30th annual Baal Vikaas Vihaar School’s competition.