Caribbean Awards for Excellence 2013: By country

Regional Awards for Excellence 2013: Central America and the Caribbean Caribbean winners by country BahamasDominican RepublicJamaicaTrinidad and Tobago Bahamas Best bank: Commonwealth Bank The Bahamas is heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. The former experienced growth thanks to the recovery in the US, but the latter was affected by regulatory reform and continuing financial […]

Regional Awards for Excellence 2013: Central America and the Caribbean
Caribbean winners by country
Bahamas
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago

Bahamas


Best bank: Commonwealth Bank

The Bahamas is heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking. The former experienced growth thanks to the recovery in the US, but the latter was affected by regulatory reform and continuing financial fallout from the eurozone.

Commonwealth Bank was not exempt from the industry’s challenges, but still managed to deliver strong results while increasing capital reserves. The bank boosted its tier 1 capital: the ratios of capital to risk-adjusted assets were tier 1 capital 16.3%

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