It is unfathomable to most that Saint Lucia did not always have its own national bank and that for many, banking, even simple saving of their hard earned pennies, was a privilege reserved for only a few. From the politically and socially fertile soils of change, the St. Lucia Co-operative Bank Limited opened its doors for business in January 1938, in a humble Mongiraud Street backstore. A haven where the savings and investment culture on which nation building would flourish took root. Email id based on pattern