Above: InfoLink General Manager Glynis Alexander-Tam speaking at the company’s 30th Anniversary celebrations. Photo by Mark Lyndersay. Originally published in…
In a pause with a defined timeline, operators may move outside the jurisdiction or take government to court and hope it drags on.
Underlying any significant change to digital payments will be the implementation of a national e-ID system.
Carnival might well be in shouting range of a billion dollar industry even before serious action is taken to monetise it.
The CBTT is the government’s banker and has an explicit mandate to promote financial stability, manage the exchange rate and maintain monetary stability.
PESH aims to provide customers with e-wallets to facilitate the storage of e-money and allow peer-to-peer transfers from mobile wallets to mobile phone users in Trinidad and Tobago.
PayWise will be the first company, apart from banks and non-bank financial institutions, authorized to issue e-money domestically.
The BOJ chose eCurrency Mint from 43 vendors and began an eight month pilot of the currency that ended on December 31, 2021.
“We cannot outsource our development…the pace of our development is at the mercy of decision makers within and outside our environment.”
CBDCs involve various areas, including compliance, which can lead to the development of innovation in ways that more traditional financial institutions can participate in.
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to launch DCash digital currency at month’s end.
A reading of the Central Bank’s role in managing the accreditation of emoney issuers suggests that this is could become a scalable solution accessible to most existing financial institutions.
“It is still prohibitive for us to do business with each other because we are paying significant transfer fees.”
“I believe every single person across the Caribbean at one point or another will require access to a cryptocurrency exchange.” – Gabriel Abed.
Above: The T&T Financial Complex. Photo by Mark Lyndersay. While the Central Bank welcomes technological developments that strengthen efficiency and…
