trade and economic integration

Guyana’s economy will remain resilient against the effects of COVID-19, maintaining its growth trajectory as the petroleum sector ‘picks up steam’, the World Bank has said. Guyana grew at an extraordinary rate of 43.5% in 2020, having…
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) digital currency, DCash, will go live on March 31, starting with Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia. DCash, considered legal tender, is a real-time payment option…
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke says that the Bank of Jamaica's new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) will be rolled out by early 2022. According to Dr. Clarke the project will be piloted this year, and…
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The Cayman Islands is mulling the capping of the number of cruise tourists allowed on their shores when their borders reopen. This amid the decision to scrap the controversial cruise berthing facility proposed for George Town. …
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CIBC says the sale of a large portion of its majority stake in CIBC FirstCaribbean to GNB Financial Group Ltd. will not go ahead after it did not receive approval from regulators. The Canadian bank had announced in November 2019 that…
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