Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2000
Kathleen E. A. Monteith, Competition between BarclaysBank (DCO) and the Canadian banks in the West Indies, 1926–45
This article examines the extent to which collusion ruled out competitionin banking, and assesses the nature and impact of this competition in orderto ascertain the degree to which Barclays Bank (DCO) faced any significantchallenge to its position within the region. It is shown that the rigiditywhich is assumed to be characteristic of collusive agreements was not present,and that competition existed in the commercial banking market in the WestIndies during this period. It is also shown that non-price competition existedin many forms, and was capable of leading to a bank's position being usurpedby another.