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Samsung gears up for new Galaxy push

Local vendors and suppliers were unable able to introduce customers to the newest iteration of the S20. The product sat in stores behind shuttered doors.

De Gannes wants Digital for Everyone

It’s the kind of Marshall McLuhan conceptualising that could easily become boring, but the banter between De Gannes and his hosts makes a potentially challenging subjects seem rather obvious and straightforward.

ECCB charts a digital future

“It is still prohibitive for us to do business with each other because we are paying significant transfer fees.”

Jamaica hosts cashless public market powered by WiPay

"As with all new advances there were some early challenges, but with that out of the way, people were spending with our purveyors and farmers."

Banking under covid19

To make capital more accessible, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) reduced the discount rate by 4.5 percentage points to two percent to provide low-cost, short-term credit.

What’s next…

Forty years ago, the OECS boss noted; Dr Eric Williams put food security on the Caricom agenda. Now the region is facing a food import bill estimated at no less than $8 billion.

Living Water goes digital to meet demand

It took the company two days to reengineer its payment systems to transmit a QR code, using it as an identifier that would tag the recipient, identify them to the resource they were accessing and provide a virtual receipt for repayment.

WiPay launches in Barbados

“The pandemic has highlighted the need for cost-effective financial business solutions. We need to get people online for payments.” - Kieran Kelly