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BiMPay transactions hit $6b

BiMPay, Barbados’ national instant payment system established by the...

Pitch to boost business facilitation

The global business sector is keen to continue working...

Barbados helping to spearhead US$500m disaster emergency fund

Barbados is playing a leading role in an international...

Global tensions ‘driving up costs’

Until geopolitical issues, including wars in major international markets...

Power hike concern

Questions and concerns are being raised about the fuel-related...

Accountants target social change

Finance is emerging at the frontline of social change...

Digicel offering US$2b in bonds

DIGICEL has returned to the international bond market with a near US$2 billion offer as part of a major new effort to refinance existing...

$57.5m drop in exports

BARBADOS’ EXPORTS fell by $57.5 million in the first half of the year, an outcome that is causing Central Bank Governor Dr Kevin Greenidge...

SOEs ‘on right path’

Government is still providing millions of dollars in assistance to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) but the successful implementation of SOE reform means that these state...

‘Signs’ of sustained growth

The economy continues to grow, expanding by 2.5 per cent in the first half of the year despite “intensifying global risks”. Central Bank Governor Dr...

Inchcape sets eyes on more growth

Inchcape plc, the world’s leading automotive distributor, is eyeing more investment and growth in Barbados. Mike Bowers, chief executive officer of Inchcape Americas since April...

$1b export tariff threat

Barbados and other CARICOM countries trading with the United States (US) are at risk of missing out on $1.08 billion in export revenue if...

High hopes for instant payments system

Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, Michelle Doyle, expects the whole economy to benefit when the institution launches the Instant Payments System early next...

$1.29m attack hits surplus

A cyber attack erased $1.29 million from the surplus that the Barbados Public Workers’ Cooperative Credit Union Limited (BPWCCUL), the country’s largest credit union,...

Economic policies must adapt as crises mount

Central Bank Governor Dr Kevin Greenidge has suggested that fiscal policies must become more agile, and debt management more sustainable, if Barbados and other...

Barbados off EU list on August 5

Barbados will be officially removed from the European Union’s (EU) money laundering blacklist on August 5. Attorney General Dale Marshall has welcomed this development. He...