加通社满地可9日电/龙兴银行（Laurentian Bank）旗下的B2B信托公司9日宣布，他们将扩大转型成为一家联邦标准银行，名字仍保留B2B，并从即日起正式展开营运。
B2B银行在发布的新闻通稿中指出，B2B信托公司在过去几年相当活跃，今后将专注于推出银行产品及相关银行服务方面；B2B总裁兼执行长戴士贾汀斯表示，B2B信托从设立迄今持续成长，现在将提供银行业务，譬如贷款和提存业务等。
B2B银行总部将设立在多伦多，有2万3000名理财投资顾问为客户服务。
Laurentian subsidiary B2B Trust converts to chartered bank status
By The Canadian Press | July 09, 2012
MONTREAL – B2B Trust, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Laurentian Bank, announced Monday that it is converting into a schedule I federally chartered bank.
The company, which will operate under the name of B2B Bank, said the change is effective immediately.
“Over the past few years, B2B Trust’s activities have progressively evolved and now focus on the distribution of banking products and services via . . . (a) network of Canadian financial advisers,” B2B said in a news release.
“B2B Trust has evolved considerably since its creation,” said Francois Desjardins, president and CEO of B2B Bank. “And today, our offering of banking products such as loans and deposits represents a large part of our portfolio.”
B2B Bank, with headquarters in Toronto, provides some 23,000 financial advisers with banking products and services for distribution to their clients across Canada. It also is a third-party supplier of investment and RRSP loans, a supplier of deposit products and a provider of self-directed accounts, banking services and mortgage loans.
