RBC opens third agency bank to provide increased access to financial services for Nunavut's Inuit communities
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Thursday, June 10, 2021
The third of its kind in Nunavut, the agency will provide the residents of Kinngait with increased access to key financial services, and easier and more convenient ways to access basic banking services in their home community.
Key Points:
- The third of its kind in Nunavut, the agency will provide the residents of Kinngait with increased access to key financial services, and easier and more convenient ways to access basic banking services in their home community.
- Through the agency, residents are now able to open a bank account, make deposits and withdrawals, and get financial advice through the RBC branch in Iqaluit.
- Kinngait community members will also have full access to RBC's digital and online banking services through the agency or their personal internet access, once they open an account with RBC.
- "This agency is one of many ways we are working to better serve Inuit communities, and to activate RBC's commitment to reconciliation," adds Dale Sturges, National Director, Indigenous Financial Services Group, RBC.