CIBC FirstCaribbean Milestones

CIBC Bank and Trust wins Caribbean Private Bank of the Year 2012 accolade from Citywealth Magazine

CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Barbados Operating Company wins prestigious Braken Award for Bank of the Year 2011 from Banker Magazine.

Cornellie Schoonhoven-Muntslag, an 83 year-old Curacao native, who has spent her adult life championing the rights of the visually impaired gives Curacao its first top award in CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank’s region-wide Unsung Heroes programme.

Cornellie Schoonhoven-Muntslag, an 83 year-old Curacao native, who has spent her adult life championing the rights of the visually impaired gives Curacao its first top award in CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank’s region-wide Unsung Heroes programme.

CIBC FirstCaribbean welcomes new CEO, Rik Parkhill, former Managing Director and Global Head of CIBC’s Capital Markets Sales and Cash Equities.  Parkhill replaced outgoing CEO John Orr, who returned to CIBC Toronto to take up the post of Executive Vice President Corporate Development & Strategy.

FirstCaribbean International Bank announces that it will be branded under the CIBC banner by adopting the co-branding ‘CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.’

FirstCaribbean launches eCheque card companies with a convenient way to electronically pay employees and service providers.

FirstCaribbean International Bank in Cayman has won its second prestigious Bracken Bank of the Year title from acclaimed magazine, The Banker. The Banker is published by the Financial Times of London.

FirstCaribbean International Bank launches Visa Debit Card in Antigua and Anguilla.

FirstCaribbean International Bank launches Visa Debit Card in Barbados, The Bahamas, Dominica Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and St. Vincent.

FirstCaribbean International Bank introduces its Bank@School product to “Freshers” at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus.

FirstCaribbean International Bank Bahamas is awarded Best Bank in The Bahamas in the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2010.

Clients of FirstCaribbean begin banking on the go following the introduction of Mobile Banking.

British Airways and FirstCaribbean partner to launch the British Airways Business Visa Credit Card providing flexible payments and rewards for purchases made.

FirstCaribbean is awarded the Project Finance Latin America Project Bond Deal of the Year, for its role as joint lead arranging bank and local placement agent in the US$265 million financing for the redevelopment of the Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, The Bahamas.

Customers in Curacao swipe FirstCaribbean credit cards for the first time after the launch of Classic, Gold and Platinum cards there.

FirstCaribbean wins a Bank of the Year award for its work in The Bahamas. It is the Bank’s fourth win of this award in that country.

FirstCaribbean responds to the St. Jude’s Hospital crisis in St. Lucia and makes a contribution of EC $200,000 to kick start the rebuilding process.

FirstCaribbean wins an award for Best Bank in Barbados in the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2009 by Euromoney magazine.

FirstCaribbean makes 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.

FirstCaribbean provides more than US$150,000 in disaster relief to islands affected by the 2008 hurricane season.

The Banker Magazine notifies FirstCaribbean that it has won two Bank of the Year Country Awards for its work in The Bahamas and Barbados.

Career banker, John Orr, joins FirstCaribbean as Chief Executive Officer.

FirstCaribbean wins the “Best Bank in Barbados” award. The commendation is given by Euromoney Magazine as part of their Euromoney Awards of Excellence 2008.

FirstCaribbean signs a four-year Memorandum of Understanding with Junior Achievement to the tune of US$204,000.

It’s the Bank’s contribution to youth of the region who have an interest in entrepreneurship.

FirstCaribbean celebrates a “Best Bank Award” win for the fifth consecutive year. This time, it’s the Bank’s Barbados operations which Global Finance Magazine recognizes for its growth, customer service and products.

2007

FirstCaribbean International Bank is once again recognised as one of the Best Emerging Banks in Latin America by Global Finance Magazine for the fourth year running. FirstCaribbean has received the title of Best Bank in Barbados, and for the first time it has copped the award in Jamaica.
Global Finance's 14th annual survey of top banking performers in emerging markets, named those banks that are consistently providing high levels of service in often-tumultuous markets.

To demonstrate this commitment, the University and the Bank hosted another major history-making event with the 2007 Case Analysis Competition at the Cave Hill Campus.

FirstCaribbean received several awards in 2006:

• The Banker Magazine
  Bracken Awards
  Best Bank in Jamaica and The Bahamas
  
• Euromoney Magazine
  2006 Awards for Excellence
  Best Bank in Barbados Award
  
• LatinFinance
  Banks of the Year 2006 Award
• Global Finance Magazine
  Best Banks 2006 Award
  
• Jamaica Stock Exchange
  2006 Best Practices Award

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Jestina Charles was selected as the 2006 "Unsung Hero" while St. Lucian Laura Collymore and Bahamian Marvin Finlayson were selected runners-up. This year, for the first time since the programme started in 2003, the judges added a fourth person to the heroes line up. Fabian Mitchell from Jamaica was selected for special commendation.

The commercial then went on to compete at the next level, the 4th District ADDY Competition, where it was judged amongst nearly 2000 entrants, comprising the highest scoring advertising from the Caribbean and Florida state and won Silver again.

Global Finance Magazine has awarded FirstCaribbean the "Best Emerging Market Bank" award for the second year in a row after its 12th annual survey.

FirstCaribbean joins Eastern Caribbean Stock Exchange.

FirstCaribbean International Bank is already traded on the stock exchanges of Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica and is the largest publicly traded financial institution in the region with a market capitalisation of close to US$2 billion and total assets in excess of US$8 Billion.

FirstCaribbean International Bank signs an historic partnership agreement with eleven of this region's leading trade unions.

Signatories to FirstPartnership Principles Agreement are The Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union, The Bahamas Financial Services Union, The Bahamas Financial Services Management Workers Union, the Barbados Workers Union, the Christian Workers Union of Belize, the Waterfront and Allied Workers Union of Antigua, the Technical and Allied Workers Union of Grenada, the Bustamante Industrial Workers Union of Jamaica, the National Workers Union of St Lucia, Bond di Empleadonan Bankario I Aseguro (BEBA) of St Maarten, and the Commercial Technical and Allied Workers Union of St Vincent.

FirstCaribbean International Bank responds to the recent weather challenges:

FirstCaribbean International mobilised its resources around the Caribbean to respond to the challenges posed by weather systems around the region. The largest bank in the English-speaking Caribbean rolled out its contingency plans to provide banking services to its customers in The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Grenada, who were affected by the passage of Hurricanes Frances and Ivan within that month. Chairman, Michael Mansoor, noted, "Our Barbados Head Office has marshalled its resources and those in other islands to provide support to our colleagues in the affected countries, so they can continue to provide service to our customers."

FirstCaribbean launches programme to honour Caribbean's Unsung Heroes.

Nurse Margaret Juan, a nurse living and working in Belize, was named FirstCaribbean's regional Unsung Hero for 2004 on November 2nd, 2004. Miss Lucy Miguel who has cared for many neglected children in St. Vincent & the Grenadines for the past 20 years and William Shagoury who contributed to 15 self-help and non-governmental organisations in the community of May Pen in Jamaica were named 2nd and 3rd winners respectively.

FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited completes successful Rights Offering by which the public shareholding in the company increased to 12.5%, with CIBC and Barclays each retaining a 43.75% shareholding.

FirstCaribbean International Bank deal completed; Bank commences operations on October 14, 2002.

Following governmental and regulatory approvals, FirstCaribbean International Bank started operations in the Caribbean on 14 October 2002 with Barclays and CIBC as majority shareholders of FirstCaribbean, having at the time a 45% shareholding each, with the remaining shares actively traded on the various Caribbean stock exchanges.

Barclays Bank PLC and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reach agreement to combine Caribbean operations to establish FirstCaribbean International Bank.

Barclays Bank PLC based in London, and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) based in Toronto combine their retail, corporate and offshore Caribbean operations to create FirstCaribbean International Bank.

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