BFSB News

**International Monetary Fund** **Country Assessment** The Bahamas has made very substantial progress towards the development of an effective regulatory regime over the past two years according to the International Monetary … Read More

**Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson, M.P. Minister of Financial Services and Investments** Addressing participants during the luncheon session of an all-day Industry Legislation Seminar yesterday, Minister Maynard-Gibson commended organisers for taking the … Read More

“Frances”, the 6th tropical depression that became the 4th hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic Season on August 26th, barrelled through The Islands of The Bahamas this past weekend, ranging from … Read More

Standard & Poor’s, one of the world’s preeminent providers of credit ratings, has affirmed its ‘A-‘ long-term and ‘A-2′ short-term sovereign credit ratings on The Commonwealth of The Bahamas – … Read More

**BFSB prepares to select 2004 Student of the Year** The Bahamas Financial Services Board is in the process of selecting the winner of the annual Business Student of the Year … Read More

BFSB has announced plans for the **Bahamas Financial Services Retreat** to be held on January 28 through 30, 2005. This annual event serves to bring together stakeholders from the government, … Read More

**Financial Centre Focus** The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) has launched the 4th year of its “Financial Centre Focus” (FCF) programme. This initiative was developed in 2001 to profile the … Read More

The Washington-based Cato Institute has released its “Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report”, produced in conjunction with the Fraser Institute of Canada. Key ingredients of economic freedom valued … Read More

**Julian Francis Governor Central Bank of The Bahamas** The Governor of the Central Bank describes The Bahamas as one of the more significant financial jurisdictions operating in the world of … Read More

The Central Bank of The Bahamas has implemented an electronic interbank payment and settlement system, positioning The Bahamas, it says, *”.. closer towards its goal of modernising the domestic payment … Read More