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GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLANDS. APRIL 25, 2013
CIBC Bank and Trust (Cayman) Limited has been nominated for the prestigious ‘Trust Company of the Year’ award in the inaugural Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Caribbean Awards 2013.
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO APRIL 25, 2013
Prudent investors seeking flexible mutual funds that will optimize returns for their desired level of risk need look no further than CIBC Axiom Mutual Fund Portfolios now available to local investors from Maraval-based CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
Bridgetown, Barbados, April 4, 2012
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank is firmly committed to supporting regional development through its contribution to the tertiary education of the region’s young people. Since 2003, the bank has sustained its partnership with the University of the West Indies by funding joint initiatives which support the development of the UWI and its students across the region.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, February 26, 2013
Customers across the 17 Caribbean countries in which CIBC FirstCaribbean operates were celebrated on Valentine's Day, when the Bank hosted its first simultaneous Customer Appreciation event.
Bridgetown, Barbados, February 20, 2013
From the start of the next school term the YWCA will extend the reach of its Breakfast Club by 30% to include students from the north of the island, thanks to CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. February 8, 2012
Valentine’s Day is the occasion when we show the most appreciation to those who mean a lot to us. For CIBC FirstCaribbean, that means its customers and this year, CIBC FirstCaribbean customers all across the region are in for an unforgettable Valentine’s Day gift.
Bridgetown, Barbados. 3rd December, 2012. CIBC FirstCaribbean has announced the appointment of Mr. Dan Wright, to the position of Director, Private Wealth Management, within its Wealth Management Senior Leadership Team.
Bridgetown, Barbados. November 14, 2012.
CIBC FirstCaribbean has made two appointments within its Wealth Management Senior Leadership Team. Mrs. Marcia Cyrus has been confirmed as the new Director, International Banking and Mr. Kriss Marcus has been appointed Director, Investment Management.
Bridgetown, Barbados. November 14, 2012
Clients of CIBC FirstCaribbean have much to smile about this holiday season as the bank unveiled its ‘CIBC FirstCaribbean Rewards’, a programme that allows Visa Gold and Visa Classic credit card clients to earn loyalty points with every purchase they make.
Bridgetown, Barbados, October 23, 2012 - For the second year running a candidate from the Dutch territory of Curacao has been named CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Regional Unsung Hero. Gerda Susanna Gosepa was chosen from among 17 nominees who were named Unsung Heroes in their respective countries, and whose work was considered for honour by the programme’s regional judging panel. The runners up for the 2012 programme were Mr. Bonti Liverpool of Dominica, and Vincentian, Edward Williams.
Bridgetown, Barbados, October 1, 2012
Earlier this year, CIBC FirstCaribbean International bank sponsored the production and distribution of two posters featuring the “Fruits of Barbados” and the “Vegetables, Root Crops and Herbs of Barbados” for distribution to the island’s schools.
Bridgetown, Barbados, 18th September 2012. Kevin and Christian in Barbados lost a parent to cancer. Keturah in the Bahamas and Shadden in Grand Cayman are walking for loved ones lost, while Sharon in Antigua celebrates her mother’s triumph over cancer. Throughout the 17 countries where CIBC FirstCaribbean operates, the inaugural “CIBC FirstCaribbean walk to support the fight against cancer promises to be an historic event.
Nassau, Bahamas. August 3, 2012. The Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas has praised CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank for its investment in the new branch facilities at Carmichael Road.
Port of Spain, TRINIDAD, May 25th 2012. CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has opened a new office in Trinidad and Tobago, catering to its Wealth Management clients.
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 17, 2012- An important step forward has been taken in the protection of the endangered San Salvador iguana. The new San Salvador Iguana Conservation Centre was opened recently at the Gerace Research Centre on San Salvador Island in the southern Bahamas, with assistance from CIBC FirstCaribbean. The Centre will breed and raise the local iguanas until they are large enough to be safely released in selected areas around the island. At present, only about 500 of these iguanas cling to a precarious existence on tiny offshore cays and small islets in the inland lake.
Bridgetown, Barbados- April 16, 2012. CIBC FirstCaribbean announces the appointment of Geoff Scott to the post of Chief Risk Officer, subject to regulatory approvals. He replaces Hugh Boyle, who recently left the bank.
Bridgetown, Barbados, April 4th, 2012- CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank is firmly committed to supporting regional development through its contribution to the tertiary education of the region’s young people. Since 2003, the bank has sustained its partnership with the University of the West Indies by funding joint initiatives which support the development of the UWI and its students across the region.
George Town, Cayman Islands, April 2, 2012 - CIBC Bank and Trust has won Citywealth magazine’s prestigious Offshore Award- Caribbean Private Bank of the Year for 2012.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. March 19, 2012.
CIBC FirstCaribbean ushered in a new era in banking on the West Coast of Barbados, with the opening of its retrofitted branch at Sunset Crest on Monday March 19.
KINGSTON, Jamaica. February 29, 2012
In a few months millions of people the world over will be captivated by the valiant athletic exhibitions of the London 2012 Olympic Games. While many will only dream of being at the Games, CIBC FirstCaribbean Visa credit card clients have the chance to take in the exhilaration live from the Olympic stadium.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. February 29, 2012
In a few months millions of people the world over will be captivated by the valiant athletic exhibitions of the London 2012 Olympic Games. While many will only dream of being at the Games, CIBC FirstCaribbean Visa credit card clients have the chance to take in the exhilaration live from the Olympic stadium.
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, January 19, 2012
The Barbados Operating Company of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has won The Banker Magazine’s prestigious Bracken Award received at the end of 2011 and for being named Bank of the Year in Barbados
Georgetown, Cayman Islands. 17th January 2012.
CIBC FirstCaribbean has announced the appointment of a new Managing Director for its business in The Cayman Islands. Career banker, Mark McIntrye, took up the role on January 17th.
Willemstad, Curaçao. January 16, 2012
CIBC FirstCaribbean and its employees have cemented their relationship with Fundashon Pro Bista and its clientsthrough the bank’s annual Adopt-A-Cause community project.
Bridgetown, Barbados, January 6, 2012
Three Caribbean islands will get a new year’s gift from CIBC FirstCaribbean in the form of support for endangered environmental projects in their different island communities.
Willemstad, Curaçao, December 15, 2011.
CIBC FirstCaribbean Corporate Investment Banking Curaçao has participated as a lender in a US$ 55 million senior secured credit facility for NuCuraçao Windparken B.V. The project represents a total investment of US$74 million for a 30 MW wind farm in Curaçao. The 30 MW project is slated for commissioning in July, 2012. The power generated by the plant will represent almost 20% of Curaçao’s annual (energy) demand and will be purchased by Aqualectra.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda nominees also named Heroes
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, November 8, 2011 – An 83 year-old woman in Curacao who has spent her adult life championing the rights of the visually impaired has given Curacao its first top award in CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank’s region-wide Unsung Heroes programme for 2011.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS. October 11, 2011.
The Caribbean Regional Energy Forum (CREF), which takes place from October 12 – 14, 2011, will be a convention among the foremost exemplars in the field of energy research and development in this hemisphere. The conference comes at the time when the region’s leaders continue to grapple with questions of how to fund clean energy sources and reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. Among the keynote speakers will be Mr. Don Roberts, one of the senior leaders of CIBC, the parent company of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
Bridgetown, Barbados, 10th October, 2011.
CIBC FirstCaribbean has announced FOUR appointments to its Executive Management Committee. General Counsel, Ella Hoyos will take up a new post as Managing Director, Human Resources; Managing Director, Operations, Minish Parikh, assumes the role of Chief Administrative Officer, following the retirement of current CAO, Mahes Wickramasinghe. Chief Internal Auditor, Donna Graham, and Managing Director of Technology, Derek Wilson, will also now sit on the bank’s Executive Committee. Executive Chairman, Michael Mansoor, and Chief Executive Officer, Rik Parkhill, made the announcement to employees around the region this morning. The appointments all become effective within the next month.
Bridgetown, Barbados, October 3, 2011
FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited (“FirstCaribbean”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with its majority shareholder CIBC Investments (Cayman) Limited, to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares in CIBC Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Limited, a Cayman Islands Company and CIBC Trust Company (Bahamas) Limited, a Bahamian company, (together the “Acquired Entities”) for a consideration of US$76.8 MM (the “Purchase Price”), subject to regulatory approvals.
Bridgetown, Barbados, September 12, 2011
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has a new CEO. Today was the first official day on the job for the company’s new leader, Douglas “Rik” Parkhill. Mr. Parkhill took over the running of the region’s pre-eminent financial services institution from John Orr, who has returned to CIBC in Toronto.
Co-branding incorporates heritage of FirstCaribbean with financial strength of CIBC, the world’s fourth strongest bank
Bridgetown, Barbados, June 20, 2011
FirstCaribbean International Bank is today announcing that it will be branded under the CIBC banner by adopting the co-branding ‘CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.’
Bridgetown, Barbados, 12th May, 2011.
Michael Mansoor, Chairman of FirstCaribbean International Bank, today announced that CIBC senior executive Douglas “Rik” Parkhill has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of FirstCaribbean effective in September, pending regulatory and government approvals.
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, May 4, 2011.
Just one year after FirstCaribbean International Bank revolutionized the regional financial sector with mobile banking, the Bank has made yet another decisive step ahead of the competition by expanding the functionality of its mobile banking product.
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 2nd March, 2011.Mr Kurt Hodge is the delighted grand prize winner of the recently-concluded FirstCaribbean International Bank credit card holiday sweepstakes.
Bridgetown, Barbados, 2nd, March 2011.
An excited and elated Paul Williams is FirstCaribbean’s grand prize winner of its recently-concluded credit card holiday sweepstakes.
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, January 11, 2011. FirstCaribbean International Bank is pleased to announce the launch of its new E-Cheque Card. This card is designed to provide companies with a convenient way to electronically pay employees and service providers.
