Best bank
Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
No Caribbean economy is large and banked enough to merit a best bank award on its own. In aggregate, however, the Caribbean is an important economic entity, and it is extremely well served by the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago.
RBTT operates throughout the English-speaking Caribbean, as well as in Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. It is a well-run bank whose profits increased by 39% to $129 million in its last fiscal year.
The return on assets was 2.59% compared with 2.05% the previous year, and return on equity rose to 28.6% from 25.9%.