Trinidad, Port of Spain: July 31st, 2015 – Republic Bank Limited has welcomed a new territory into the expanding financial Group. Republic Bank (Suriname) N.V. will begin operations on Monday (3rd August) having acquired RBC Royal Bank (Suriname) N.V. from RBC Financial (Caribbean) Limited, through the purchase of Royal Overseas Holdings (St. Lucia) Limited. This transaction closed today (Friday 31st July).