Pictured Left to Right are: Candice Bain (Bahamas Cooperative League), Indira Munroe-Farrington (BFSB), Sinead Bethel (ICB), Santia Dean (BFSB) and Phelice Jones (ICB) On March 12th and 13th the … Read More
Industry News
Bahamas named on EU Non-Cooperative Countries List
PRESS STATEMENT – 13 March 2018 By K. Peter Turnquest, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance The Bahamas was today included on the European Union listing of non-cooperative jurisdictions … Read More
IBFS 2018 A Great Success
This year the Bahamas Financial Services Board hosted its annual International Business and Finance Summit in conjunction with Bahamas Briefing on March 1st and March 2nd at the Baha Mar … Read More
BFSB Hosts Fintech 101 Seminar
On January 24, 2018 The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) and ALIV partnered to host a financial technology (FINTECH) seminar at The British Colonial Hilton. The event was well attended … Read More
S&P Affirms Bahamas Outlook is Stable
Standard & Poor’s recently published a report on the Commonwealth of the Bahamas affirming its ‘BB+/B’ Ratings and deeming the country’s outlook as stable. RATINGS Foreign Currency: BB+/Stable/B — Local … Read More
Bahamas Signs Multilateral Convention for Mutual Assistance in Tax Matters
With respect to the announcement that The Bahamas has formally acceded to The Multilateral Convention on the Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (“The Multilateral Convention”), Th Bahamas Financial Services … Read More
BFSB hosts Timely Seminar on The Common Reporting Standard
The Bahamas Financial Services Board hosted a very timely seminar to assist financial institu-tions with meeting their obligations under The Common Reporting Standard (CRS). The seminar was held on Tuesday … Read More
Opalesque Bahamas Roundtable
Family Governance, Legacy and Dynastic Vision: Family Office Roundtable in The Bahamas With a long standing history and track record in financial services, The Bahamas has a first class legislation … Read More
HALF DAY WORKSHOP – GLOBAL TAX ENFORCEMENT
BFSB will be hosting a half day workshop at The Melia Nassau Beach Resort on Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 from 8:00am to 2:00pm. WHAT WILL BE COVERED IN THE HALF … Read More
Implementation of CRS – Guidance Notes, Legislative Amendments and Related Matters
BFSB wishes to provide the following update with respect to the implementation of the Common Reporting Standard and the automatic exchange of information. The Guidance Notes – Based on industry feedback … Read More