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LIST OF COMMERCIAL BANKS AND BRANCHES BANKS HEAD OFFICE/ BRANCHES ADDRESS MAIN BRANCH 1. Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited 155-156 New Market & Waterloo 1. Main Branch Lot 38-40 Water Street, Georgetown Streets, Georgetown 2. Camp & Robb Streets Lot 78-80 Camp & Robb Streets, Georgetown 3. New Amsterdam 16-17 Strand, Water & New Streets, N.A., Berbice 4. Vreed-en-Hoop 27 Sublot ‘C’ Stelling Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, W.C.D 5. Rose Hall Lot 29A Public Road, Rose Hall, Berbice 6. Linden Lots 101-102 Republic Avenue, Retrieve, Mc Kenzie 7. Corriverton Lot 5, No. 78 Village, Corriverton, Berbice 8. Anna Regina Lot 8, Public Road, Anna Regina, Essequibo 9. D’Edward Village Lots 4-6 Section “D” N1/2, D’Edward Village, W.B.B. 10. Diamond Plot RBL, Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara 11. Lethem Manari Road, Lethem, Rupununi, Upper Takatu, Essequibo 12. Triumph West ½ of lots 34, & 35-37, Triumph, East Coast Demerara 2. Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry High & Young Streets, Kingston, 1. Regent Street Lot 138 Regent Street, Georgetown Limited Georgetown 2. Corriverton Lot 211, No. 78 Village, Corriverton 3. Anna Regina Lot 2 Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast 4. Parika Lot 300 Parika, East Bank Essequibo 5. Vreed-en-Hoop Lot “N” Plantation Walk, Vreed-en-Hoop, W.B.D 6. Lethem Lot 121 Lethem, Rupununi 7. Providence Buddy’s International Hotel and Resort, Providence 8. Diamond Diamond Public Road, E.B.D 9. Main Branch Lot 47/48 Water Street, Georgetown 10. Port Kaituma Turn Basin, Port Kaituma 11. Port Mourant Lot 2 Area Q, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice 12. Bartica 59 Second Avenue, Bartica, Essequibo 3. Bank of Nova Scotia 104 Carmichael Street, 1. Parika Lot 299 Parika Highway, Parika, Essequibo, E.B.E Georgetown 2. Robb Street Lot 63 Robb Street & Avenue of the Republic 3. New Amsterdam Lot 12 Strand, New Amsterdam, Berbice 4. Bartica Lot 42 Second Avenue, Bartica, Essequibo 4. Bank of Baroda (Guyana) Inc. 10 Regent Street & Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown 1. Mon Repos Lot 30, Tract “A” Mon Repos, E.C.D. 5. Citizens Bank Guyana Inc. 231-233 Camp Street & South 1. Parika Lot 298, Parika, East Bank Essequibo Road, Lacytown Georgetown 2. Bartica Lot 16 First Avenue, Bartica, Essequibo 3. Thirst Park Banks DIH Complex, Thirst Park 4. Linden 11-12 Republic and Crabwood Street, Linden 5. New Amsterdam 18 Main & Kent Streets, New Amsterdam, Berbice 6. Demerara Bank Limited 214 Camp Street, Cummingsburg, 1. Rose Hall Lot 71 Public Road Rose Hall, Corentyne, Berbice Georgetown 2. Diamond Plot DBL, Plantation Great Diamond, E.B.D 3. Corriverton Number 78 Village, Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice 4. Anna Regina 41 Second Street, Cotton Field, Anna Regina Essequibo 5. La Ressouvenir East Half Lot 3 Public Road, Area ‘M’ Le Ressouvenir, ECD 6. Camp Street 230 Camp Street & South Road, Georgetown TOTAL BANK BRANCHES 6 40 .

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