Saint Lucia, Wednesday 29 March 2023- Thursday 16 March concluded the 2023 FIBA AML Conference which was hosted at the Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, USA. The last of the conference was the Annual Caribbean Financial Roundtable where Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Wendy Delmar represented the Caribbean Association of Banks Inc. Ms. Delmar shared that the roundtable ended on a positive note. This year’s Roundtable featured industry leaders and speakers from US and Caribbean financial institutions including banks, fintech companies…
Caribbean Bankers Urged To Show Leadership
Saint Lucia, Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021: Nearly 150 Caribbean commercial bankers, private bankers, regulators, regional and international agencies, service and solution providers, and vendors convened online in recent days for CAB Conference 2021. For the first time, the Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) Inc. organised the region’s foremost gathering for the financial services industry via a virtual fair, having met face-to-face in years prior. The event took place October 26-29, 2021. The theme of this year’s Conference – Beyond The Pandemic…
Work Advanced To Commence Pilot Implementation Of Jamaica CBDC In August
Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says work is being finalised to commence pilot implementation of the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) locally, in August. Mr. Byles indicated that technical support for the CBDC’s rollout, among other inputs, are being reviewed to facilitate onboarding of the first financial institution – National Commercial Bank (NCB) – to test the system. The Governor said between September and December, the BOJ will look to onboard more banks, adding that “we will…
ECCB, Bitt Win Global Fintech Awards
A Caribbean financial technology partnership has been given global recognition. In March 2021, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) launched the world’s first retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) within a currency union. DCash, as the CBDC is known, was developed and deployed in collaboration with Bitt, a global fintech company based in Barbados. Both the ECCB and Bitt were recognised on 16 June 2021, in Central Banking’s fourth annual FinTech RegTech Global Awards. The awards highlight official institutions’ success…
JN Bank UK to Address Financial Inclusion, De-risking
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Earl Jarrett, chief executive officer of The Jamaica National Group, said its newest subsidiary company, JN Bank in the United Kingdom (UK), will seek to address financial inclusion for several unbanked or under-banked persons in the UK, as well as pursue correspondent banking services for Caribbean banks in the future. The bank is the first Caribbean-owned bank to be established in the UK. Quoting the UK Financial Inclusion Report of 2017, Mr. Jarrett said there were some 1.23…
Innovation & Digital Transformation at The Exchange!
If there is one certainty in the world of investments and business, it is that change is inevitable. Add another certainty: saving and investing will always be fuelled by four (4) of life’s essentials, such as Education for your Children, Buying a home, Planning for Retirement, and Catering for Chronic and Critical Illness. Business models have been changing and there will be more change to come, this is squarely due to the fact that technology has rapidly evolved over the…
CAB Bulletin Issue 2, April 2020
Welcome to Issue 2 of The CAB Bulletin! This issue includes a tribute to our late director, Mr. Sean Husain; an exclusive interview with the CEO of the Jamaica National Group, Hon. Earl Jarrett, on his organisation’s acquisition of a banking licence to operate in the United Kingdom; an update on COVID-19; and an overview of recent and upcoming CAB events. Enjoy! Download …
CAB CEO To Speak At Major Meetings
Saint Lucia, Monday February 3rd, 2020: The recognised voice of the region’s banking and financial services sector will be heard at gatherings in Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago this week. Ms. Wendy Delmar, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) Inc., will be delivering presentations at the CANTO annual general meeting in Havana, and the ACAMS AML Symposium in Port of Spain. Ms. Delmar will be addressing the CANTO AGM on Tuesday morning on the subject,…
Mobilearth Signs Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines as their newest Omni-Channel Client
BURNABY, BC, CANADA, January 30, 2020 Mobilearth, a leader in innovative apps for both customers and employees of financial institutions and other financial verticals has signed the Bank of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as their newest omni-channel client with mobile apps, online banking, text channels and Mobibranch for their customers. “Delivering more value to our customers has always been at the pinnacle of BOSVG’s customer service. As our customers demand more convenience and faster service, the advancement in technology…
DOWNLOAD: Deloitte Governance Workshop
Roger Hennis and Daryl Walcott-Grappie of Deloitte led the inaugural CAB Training Day, as part of our Fourth Annual CEO and Director Forum, 7-8 June at the Hyatt Regency in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Dozens of attendees from the Caribbean and North America learned more about global trends and best practices in governance, from one of the world’s most respected names in the field. You can download the presentation by Deloitte below. The CEO and Director Forum is one of the…