Antigua.news Antigua and Barbuda Questions Mount Over Global Bank of Commerce’s Solvency and Licensing Status | VIDEO STORY
Antigua.news Antigua and Barbuda Questions Mount Over Global Bank of Commerce’s Solvency and Licensing Status | VIDEO STORY

Questions Mount Over Global Bank of Commerce’s Solvency and Licensing Status | VIDEO STORY

16 October 2025 - 20:32

Questions Mount Over Global Bank of Commerce’s Solvency and Licensing Status | VIDEO STORY

16 October 2025 - 20:32

Concerns are mounting in the financial sector as the Global Bank of Commerce (GBC), a cornerstone of Antigua and Barbuda’s international banking landscape for over 40 years, has mysteriously vanished from the official list of licensed international banks.

More in this report.

 

Questions Mount Over Global Bank of Commerce’s Solvency and Licensing Status | VIDEO STORY

Chairman and CEO of Global bank of Commerce Brian Stuart-Young (left) Speaks With Colleague at Just Concluded Ambassador Forum in Antigua. (Photo by Luigi Rodriguez)

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21 Comments

  1. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 I didnt hear anything other than the bank will soon close down…So what about the people money?

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  2. No surprise here…Remember they couldn’t give jack stroll his money?

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  3. My thing is how the FSRC can just decide it is keeping such important information to itself? The public really don’t mean shit to these people

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    • Not all of us are perfect but some things are willful. How can you be silent on such important bread and butter issues? Come on..

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  4. The man said they will communicate to people about their money. People don’t want communication. They want their money.

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  5. Funny how banks are always ‘fine’ until they’re not.

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    • Im amazed how the FSRC even continue to operate like a gangster 😆😆😆

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  6. “Excuse me while I light my blunt. I just love this girls voice”

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  7. When rich people cannot get their money they go on funny. In any other country people would be respected enough to be informed.. not in this island there they call wadadli.

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  8. Hmmmmmm have they paid Jack yet? Isn’t Stuart in contempt of court? Money people woes

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  9. This incident underscores the fragility of the offshore banking sector in small island economies. Even perceived instability can ripple across the region, affecting correspondent banking and compliance relationships

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  10. Forty years in operation and now poof gone. FSRC acting like if people blind and stupid. We need answers, not silence. This kinda secrecy making the whole country look shady

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  11. I need a vacation from this paradise. Everythimng and everyone down here mad

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  12. Is there any affiliation between this bank and Caribbean Union Bank?

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    • I believe that Gaston is shareholder in both Global Commerce and CUB

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    • I believe that Gaston is shareholder in both Global Commerce and CUB

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  13. Comment *Soon the flood gates of clients will open. Biatches better hv my money…pay me what you owe me$$$$

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  14. The removal of GBC from the official register is not a small matter. The FSRC has a duty to clarify whether the delisting reflects a suspension, revocation, or voluntary closure each has vastly different implications for depositors and correspondent relationships

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  15. This is obviously the end of the bank.. shameful that the powers that we isnt forthcoming with the information

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  16. When you dont give the media information they are left to speculate. People don’t even understand in a business like that the media is your frennn

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  17. Wait. Antigua still have and Arshe problem?😆

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