{"id":143012,"date":"2021-12-08T10:47:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=143012"},"modified":"2021-12-08T10:47:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:47:03","slug":"eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"ECCB Revokes Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Banking Licence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) advises that effective 6 December, it has revoked the banking licence of Bank of Nova Scotia, located in Antigua and Barbuda, as the bank has ceased to carry on banking business in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.<\/p>

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In accordance with Section 43 of the Banking Act No 10 of 2015 of the laws of Antigua and Barbuda, the ECCB, in consultation with the ECCB Monetary Council, approved the transfer of Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s assets and liabilities to the Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank Limited, on 1 September 2021.<\/p>\n

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The ECCB further advises that given that transaction, Bank of Nova Scotia no longer requires a banking licence.<\/p>

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Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s banking licence was revoked in keeping with section 14 of the Banking Act. The Bank will publish a Notice of Revocation in the Gazette and a newspaper in Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) advises that effective 6 December, it has revoked the banking licence of Bank of Nova Scotia, located in Antigua and Barbuda, as the bank has ceased to carry on banking business in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.   In accordance with Section 43 of the Banking Act No 10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":143013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\nECCB Revokes Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Banking Licence - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ECCB Revokes Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Banking Licence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECCB Revokes Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Banking Licence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ECCB Revokes Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Banking Licence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-08T14:47:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/scotia.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1229\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"ECCB Revokes Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Banking Licence\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-08T14:47:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-08T14:47:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1799\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/scotia.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/eccb-revokes-bank-of-nova-scotias-banking-licence\/\",\"name\":\"ECCB Revokes Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Banking Licence - 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