Feb. 27, 2015 - The Eighty First (81st) Meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) was held under the chairmanship of Dr the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, on 24 February 2015 at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, St Kitts and Nevis.

Bridgetown - Feb. 24, 2015 - The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has awarded some €303,000 in financial assistance to seventeen (17) successful grant applications via the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme (DAGS) in Saint Lucia.

Nov. 4, 2014 - In International Banking, the charges are primarily for closing or downsizing approximately 120 branches, which will allow us to focus on high-growth markets, minimize branch overlap, and realize synergies resulting from recent acquisitions.

Roseau - Jan. 3, 2014 - The Government of Dominica has received the second fixed tranche of funds under an 8.46 million euro financing agreement between Dominica and the European Union.

George Town, Grand Cayman - Dec. 3, 2013 - Building on more than a decade of cooperation in tax matters, the Cayman Islands and the US Nov. 29, 2013 signed an agreement that paves the way for automatic exchange of tax information under US FATCA.

Statement by the Chief Minister of Anguilla, the Honorable Hubert Hughes on the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank assuming control of the  Caribbean Commercial Bank (CCB) and the National Bank of Anguilla Ltd (NBA).

Bridgetown - Aug. 17, 2012 - The principal impact of the weak economic environment on the Barbadian financial sector continues to be anaemic loan growth across the sector. Commercial banks and other deposit taking institutions remained profitable and well capitalised, although there continues to be some deterioration in credit quality.

Bridgetown - July 18, 2012 - Today Standard and Poor’s (S&P;) announced that it had lowered Barbados’ foreign-currency credit rating from 'BBB-/A-3' to 'BB+/B'. The downgrade says to the investment community that Barbados' foreign debt has become more risky, which is manifestly not the case.

July 12, 2012 - The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) will contribute £7.25 million to expand a citizen security program designed to reduce crime and violence in high-risk communities in Jamaica, the Inter-American Development Bank announced today.

Feb. 17, 2012 - Council was apprised that the macroeconomic and financial conditions of the ECCU economy continued to be impacted by the slow economic recovery in the advanced economies. Consequently, as small open economies, the ECCU remained vulnerable to these external shocks.

Bridgetown - Nov. 23, 2011 - On November 18, 2011, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P;) affirmed its BBB-/A-3 local and foreign-currency sovereign credit ratings on Barbados.  However, the outlook has been revised to negative from stable. 

Miami -- Nov. 16, 2011-- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) released today the first regional survey about environmental, social and corporate governance sustainability of banks in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Kingston -- Nov. 9, 2011 - The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has released a discussion paper on institutional arrangements for safeguarding financial stability, which outlines proposed amendments to the BOJ Act to vest the bank with overall responsibility for financial stability, through a Financial Stability Committee.  

July 12, 2011 - Domestic economic conditions maintained a positive momentum over the review period, supported by steady gains in tourism output, foreign investments in tourism related construction activity and public sector capital projects.

St. John's -- June 23, 2011 -- Finance and Economy Minister the Honourable Harold Lovell has questioned the apparent subjectivity of the recent ranking of Antigua and Barbuda by the private business and financial publisher, Euromoney.