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After months of negotiation, employees have been told that the Royal Bank of Canada is to be sold to Antigua Commercial Bank.<\/p>

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The workers of both banks were informed this morning.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the year, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said all Canadian banks wanted to leave Antigua.<\/p>

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He praised RBC for entering into negotiations with ACB for the purchase.<\/p>

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The details of the acquisition have not been formally announced.<\/p>\n

Browne says unlike the case of Scotiabank, RBC will be granted the vesting order once negotiations are completed.<\/p>

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Negotiations are ongoing for the sale of Scotiabank after a failed attempted to sell to Trinidad’s Republic Bank.<\/p>\n

CIBC has also announced the sale of its local branch.<\/p>

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