National Commercial Banking in Trinidad and Tobago: A Positive Step in Consciousness (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781504379182)

The author was chief executive of the National Commercial Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Limited from its inception until his retirement from the bank after twenty-three years.

National Commercial Banking in Trinidad and Tobago shows the universal principle that where there is a will, there is a way. It highlights the processes that laid the foundation for modern commercial banking in Trinidad and Tobago. These processes were the following:

--Elimination of employment practices that discriminated on grounds of class, race, creed, or location of applicant's address
--Increase in total deposits of NCB from $4.5 million in1970 to over $1.5 billion in 1993
--Banking services provided to neglected lower income groups
--Development of a professional local management to strengthen the banking system and governance of Trinidad and Tobago
--Introduction of mortgage loans for housing construction on 90 percent financing terms, not previously available
--Elimination of female-gender income discrimination where females were loan applicants or joint loan applicants for housing loans
--Lifting of the self-confidence and self-esteem of the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago

One of the significant lessons to be learnt from National Commercial Banking in Trinidad and Tobago is that each person can make a positive difference in a country's progress. Each person has a spark of divinity and can live life fully, love openly, and make a difference by his/her unique contribution to society.