Not one billionaire to another, as, per my post yesterday: 12 Dec 2019 13:2413 Dec 2019 10:47
The Best Is Yet To Come: The Caribbean Triangle
So VH is in New York (where most of the founder backers are) with his new bank "Republic Bank", which happens to looks very, very similar to his 10 year UK project Metro Bank : https://www.myrepublicbank.com/.
There JUST so happens to be a Republic Bank already. Yup. Republic Bank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Bank). Guess what? "Republic Bank Limited is one of the largest and most successful financial institution in the English Speaking Caribbean, with over 180 years of rich history. The Republic Group comprises of 16 subsidiaries"
Republic Bank in the Caribbean has only four licencees. One of the 4 licensees is CIBC First Caribbean - https://www.republictt.com/about/subsidiaries, which is 67% owned by GNB. GNB is wholly owned by the financial holding company of the Gilinski Group, which has around US$15 billion in assets and banking operations in Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Panama, and the Cayman Islands. The Gilinski Group is led by Jaime Gilinski Bacal, a Colombian billionaire, banker and real-estate developer.
Jaime Gilinski Bacal is accumulating Metro shares.