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1912: RBC bought Bank of British Honduras (incorporated in 1902 by United States citizens from Mobile) in British Honduras, which it converted to a branch. RBC opened a branch in the Dominican Republic; three more follow. 1913: RBC opened a branch in Grenada.
Archaeology has demonstrated that Honduras has a multi-ethnic prehistory. An important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around Copán in western Honduras near the Guatemalan border, a major Mayan city that began to flourish around 150 A.D. but reached its zenith in the Late Classic period (700–850 A.D.).
History. The Bank of British Honduras was incorporated in December 1902 and opened for business in 1903. In 1912, its operations were purchased by the Royal Bank of ...
Honduras. Supported by El Salvador Guatemala: Victory. Guatemalan forces are expulsed after the Battle of La Trinidad; Francisco Morazán elected president of Honduras; Olancho Uprising (1829-1839) Honduras: Olanchan rebels Victory. Suppression of the rebellion; Agreement between the Honduran government and Olanchan rebels; War of 1832 Honduras ...
RBC Bank is the trading name of RBC Bank (Georgia), N.A., the United States–based retail banking division of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) which is targeted toward Canadian snowbirds, expatriates, and frequent tourists. Despite its limited reach, RBC Bank is a federally chartered bank, thus its trading name bears "N.A." letters.
The Royal Trust Company is a Canadian trust company that was founded in 1892 in Montreal, Quebec.By the late 20th century, it carried out trust, financial, real estate and deposit services in over 100 branches in Canada, the U.S. and overseas. [1]
In Honduras, resentment against rule by the exiled Spanish king increased rapidly, especially because increased taxes for Spain's struggle against the French threatened the cattle industry. In 1812 disturbances that broke out in Tegucigalpa were more linked to long-standing rivalry with Comayagua, however, than to opposition to Spanish rule.
Town of Intibuca, during the mid 19th century Honduras was still a vast agrarian state. At the end of the colonial period, Honduras' economy was based largely on mining, cattle raising and the export of tropical hardwoods. Unlike most of its neighbors, Honduras did not develop a significant coffee industry, and one of the results of this was that much of its export wealth ended up being generated