The Leading Banks of Haiti

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The Banker created a few rankings in which a couple of Haitian banks have prominent positions. The Top 20 CARICOM Banks list includes 4 banks from Trinidad and Tobago, 2 from Barbados, 3 from Bahamas, 1 from Belize, 2 from Saint Lucia, 1 from Saint Kitts and Nevis, 2 from Cayman Islands, 3 from Jamaica, and 2 from Haiti. Of the Haitian banks, Unibank ranked 18th and Sogebank ranked 19th. These are the data for each Haitian bank, in the following order:

Rank – Bank – Consolidation level – Year end – Country – Tier 1 capital – Assets

18 – Unibank – BHC* – Sept 2011 – Haiti - $83m - $1,175m
19 – Sogebank – BHC* – Sept 2011 – Haiti - $58m - $1,057m

Positioning of Haitian banks in other rankings by the same source:

TOP 10 LOWEST COST-TO-INCOME RATIO
10 – Unibank – Haiti – 50.74%

TOP 10 INCREASE IN ASSETS
3 – Unibank – Haiti – 13.9% change / $1,175m in assets

TOP 10 RETURN ON CAPITAL
3 – Unibank – Haiti – 32.85%
7 – Sogebank – Haiti – 24.59%

TOP 10 RETURN ON ASSETS
3 – Unibank – Haiti – 2.32%
7 – Sogebank – Haiti – 1.35%

TOP 10 TIER 1 CAPITAL INCREASE
2 – Unibank – Haiti – 18.09% change / $83m in tier 1 capital
7 – Sogebank – Haiti – 9.32% change / $58m in tier 1 capital

TOP 10 CAPITAL-TO-ASSET RATIO
No Haitian banks

TOTAL ASSETS BY COUNTRY
Trinidad and Tobago - $28,330m (44.74%)
Barbados - $12,363m (19.53%)
Jamaica - $8,344m (13.18%)
Bahamas - $5,018m (7.92%)
Cayman Islands - $3,208m (5.07%)
Haiti - $2,233m (3.53%)
Saint Lucia - $1,692m (2.67%)
Belize - $1,200m (1.69%)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - $931m (1.47%)

TIER 1 CAPITAL BY COUNTRY
Trinidad and Tobago - $4,456m (49.20%)
Barbados - $1,823m (20.12%)
Bahamas - $967m (10.68%)
Jamaica - $511m (5.64%)
Belize - $421m (4.65%)
Saint Lucia - $311m (3.44%)
Cayman Islands - $251m (2.78%)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - $175m (1.93%)
Haiti - $141m (1.56%)

PRE-TAX PROFIT BY COUNTRY
Trinidad and Tobago - $504m (44.57%)
Jamaica - $364m (31.69%)
Barbados - $110m (9.57%)
Bahamas - $84m (7.30%)
Haiti - $42m (3.62%)
Cayman Islands - $20m (1.74%)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - $20m (1.71%)
Saint Lucia - $12m (1.09%)

* BHC stands for bank holding company.
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