BEFORE BARBADOS HOSTED its first Cricket World Cup final in 2007, Barbadians expected the costs to outweigh the benefits. Research shows they felt differently...
THE CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS is working with other regulators and its licensees to fortify the financial system against “inevitable” cyber attacks.
Tamara Hurley, Deputy...
Global food prices have increased for the first time in seven months.
And while the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN)...
BARBADOS-BASED financial institutions that are not banks will be under increased monitoring by the Financial Services Commission (FSC).
FSC chairman Oliver Jordan expects this to enable...
Government may have to allocate millions of dollars to continue bailing out some cash-strapped state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
A new Fiscal Risk Statement from the Ministry of...
FIRMS IN BARBADOS are leading the acceptance of mobile payments when compared to their counterparts in 12 other Caribbean countries.
None of the islands, however,...
SAGICOR’S EARNINGS have shot past the $1 billion mark on the back of its recent acquisition of Canadian insurer ivari.
In fact, the financial services...
Barbados’ leading accounting firms have generally welcomed Government’s latest budgetary proposals, but are keen for clarity and more details on a number of the...