August 19, 2025 CIBC announced senior leadership appointments to its Group Executive Leadership Team that will position the bank for the future and further accelerate the execution of its client-focused…
Category: BUSINESS AND FINANCE
The CDB said digital technologies provide opportunities for women
By: Staff Writer August 12, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in a recent report said that access to education and training is crucial for gender equality, enabling economic independence…
IMF: Caribbean growth prospects have weakened in past decades
By: Staff Writer August 12, 2025 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a recent Working Paper argued that economic growth and medium-term growth prospects for the Caribbean have weakened in…
CBI/CIP Countries on Cusp of Passing New Law for Establishment of Regional Regulator
August 12, 2025 07 August 2025. After months of extensive consultations, the countries in the Eastern Caribbean that offer Citizenship By Investment Programmes (CBI/CIP) are on the cusp of enacting…
IDB Invest and Sacyr Concesiones Boost Connectivity and Logistics Competitiveness in Colombia
August 12, 2025 IDB Invest has provided a loan of 1.27 trillion Colombian pesos (approximately $315 million) to Fideicomiso P.A. Camino del Pacífico, backed by Unión Vial Camino del Pacífico…
ECLAC: Financial resource mobilization is key for post-pandemic LAC
By: Staff Writer August 8, 2025 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in their Economic Survey for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) 2025 said that…
CDB to place emphasis on regional private sector engagement
By: Staff Writer August 8, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank in its annual procurement report said that in 2024 they will focus on market outreach methods to get the regional…
Aisha Maina Secures USD $40M St Kitts Port Deal And Takes Trade Roadshow From Grenada To Jamaica And Trinidad
August 5, 2025 Aisha Maina, Managing Director of Aquarian Consult and founder of Gemini Integrated Commodities, has completed an intensive week of engagements, capped by a USD 40 million deal…
IMF Staff Completes Article IV Mission to Colombia
August 5, 2025 An IMF staff team concluded its visit to Bogotá following a series of constructive discussions with the Colombian authorities on recent economic developments, outlook, risks, and policy…
Jamaica’s ASPIRE programme working to secure peaceful investment atmosphere
By: Staff Writer August 1, 2025 A Jamaican cabinet minister touts the success of a countrywide inclusion project aimed at securing a peaceful investment climate at the Caribbean Investment Forum,…
CDB Reaffirms Leadership in Climate Adaptation through Regional Workshop
August 1, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank), one of the region’s few entities accredited by the Adaptation Fund, has marked another milestone in advancing climate resilience…
Guatemala Launches the First Social Finance Taxonomy in Latin America
July 29, 2025 IDB Invest, the Sustainable Finance Advisory Council of Guatemala, and CentraRSE have launched a pioneering tool called the Social Finance Taxonomy to help the financial sector identify and promote…