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