Rokel Commercial Bank (RCB) is a commercial bank in Sierra Leone. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by Bank of Sierra Leone, the national banking regulator.[1]
The bank is named after the Rokel River, the longest river in Sierra Leone. RCB serves members of the public, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as large corporations. According to the bank's web site, it one of the three largest commercial banks in the country by assets.[2]
History
Founded in 1917 as Barclays Bank of Sierra Leone as a subsidiary of Barclays Bank, the name was changed when ownership of the bank's stock changed hands in 1999.[3]