St Lucia / Banks

Banks are open Monday – Thursday, 8am – 2pm with extended opening hours on Friday till 5pm. They are closed at weekends, but there are banks open in Rodney Bay and in the JQ shopping mall on Saturdays mornings from 8am – 12 noon. They are closed on public holidays. Banks generally require customers to show their passport and air ticket when converting foreign dollars, particularly when converting back to your home currency. Most banks have ATMs. 

Castries 
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, t 456 1000, First National Bank, t 455 7000, Royal Bank of Canada, t 456 9200, Bank of St Lucia, t 456 6000 

Rodney Bay 
Bank of St Lucia, t 456 6023 (Gros Islet), CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, t 452 9384, Royal Bank of Canada, t 752 9252, Scotiabank, t 452 8805 

Soufrière 
Bank of St Lucia, t 456 6000, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, t 459 7255 

Vieux Fort 
Bank of St Lucia, t 454 6000, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, t 454 6255, First National Bank, t 454 6213, Scotiabank, t 454 6314 

There is a branch of the Bank of St Lucia at Hewanorra Airport where you can exchange your EC Dollars back into foreign currency. A passport and ticket are required to show that you are leaving. You must also present your original exchange certificate.