Bank update
Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:05 AM
Banks continue to reopen branches on a phased basis as they recover from Hurricane Melissa.
Scotiabank: On Monday, Scotiabank said many of its employees are still unable to report for work, but that it’s “redeploying staff from less affected locations and utilising backup power and internet solutions to reopen branches and ATMs wherever possible”.
The branches listed as operational from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. were Ironshore and Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay; Junction in St Elizabeth; Linstead, Spanish Town and Portmore in St Catherine; Mandeville in Manchester; May Pen in Clarendon; Morant Bay in St Thomas; St Ann’s Bay and Ocho Rios in St Ann; Port Antonio in Portland; and Constant Spring, Hagley Park, Half Way Tree, Liguanea, New Kingston, Oxford Road, UWI and Scotiabank Centre in Kingston.
VM Building Society: On Sunday, VMBS reported that 75 per cent of its locations were operational, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and that 64 per cent of its ABMs (25 of 39 machines) were also operational.
The VMBS branches listed as open are Fairview in Montego Bay; Linstead, Spanish Town and Portmore in St Catherine; Ocho Rios in St Ann; Mandeville in Manchester; May Pen in Clarendon; and Duke Street, Liguanea, Half-Way Tree, New Kingston, and UTech in Kingston.
National Commercial Bank: NCB reported that the branches open as at last Friday are Mandeville in Manchester; St Ann’s Bay in St Ann; Portmore in St Catherine; Fairview in Montego Bay; and Matilda’s Corner, Half-Way Tree, Constant Spring, New Kingston, Duke Street, and UWI in Kingston.
The banks have said that updates will be provided as conditions change.
Additionally, the Bank of Jamaica said and the Jamaica Bankers Association are “exploring initiatives to make banking services, including access to cash, available in the shortest possible time”, particularly for the parishes heavily-impacted by Hurricane Melissa, the central bank said in a statement.
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