Overview
NCB Merchant Bank (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited, formerly NCB Global Finance Limited (‘NCBGF’) is a Trinidad & Tobago based Non-bank Financial Institution and Broker-Dealer, licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago and the Trinidad & Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission respectively.
NCBMBTT, (formerly NCBGF) is authorized to carry on the following classes of business:
- Loans and leases (includes vehicle & equipment financing and commercial mortgages)
- Licensed FX dealer (NCBMBTT is one of twelve licensed FX dealers in Trinidad & Tobago. Business is done in most major currencies including US Dollars, Japanese Yen, Great Britain Pounds, Euros and Canadian Dollars)
- Insurance Premium Financing
- Structured Trade Financing (includes invoice factoring)
- Fixed Deposits (NCBMBTT offers Fixed Deposits in both TTD and USD and is a member of the Deposit Insurance Corporation. Fixed Deposits are offered for terms of one to five years and for less than one year for similarly licensed institutions and insurance companies)
- Investment Banking
- Primary access to Government of Trinidad & Tobago short term securities auctions (OMO)
Our Investment Banking abilities include but are not limited to:
- Arranging and Underwriting stock and bond issuances
- Arranging (both sell and buy side) and funding of Equity block trades
- Bond trading
- Syndicated loans
- Project Financing
- Structured finance (sale & lease back, BOLTS)
- Receivables Factoring & Reverse Factoring
NCB Merchant Bank (Trinidad & Tobago) Limited, formerly NCB Global Finance Ltd. is effectively a 100% owned subsidiary of NCB Financial Group Ltd. and which represents the group’s banking interest in Trinidad & Tobago and the Southern and Dutch Caribbean. The NCB Financial Group Ltd. (‘NCBFG’) also owns:
- Majority shareholder of Guardian Holdings Ltd; the Caribbean’s largest Insurance conglomerate in the English-speaking Caribbean (measured by GWP)
- 50.1% of Clarien Group Ltd., owner of Bermuda’s 3rd largest commercial bank, Clarien Bank Ltd.
NCBFG is majority owned by Jamaican born Canadian Michael Lee Chin, but it is a public company that:
- is cross listed on the Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica Stock Exchanges
- has an asset base of circa USD 10.7 Billion
- has a capital base of circa USD 1.1 Billion
- owns 100% of NCB Global Finance Ltd. via NCB Capital Markets Ltd.
A copy of NCBFG’s latest published financial performance is attached for ease of reference. Our latest annual reports can be accessed here: https://www.myncb.com/Investor-Relations/Reports/Annual-Reports