The Bahamas Is Ranked Among Those Jurisdictions Taking Impressive Strides With Regard to Counter-Money Laundering Regimes The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), an independent international body, met … Read More
Financial Legislation Review Seminar
The Bahamas Bar Association has announced the latest in its series of Seminars to review the new package of financial services industry legislation. On Wednesday, February 7th, the BBA forum … Read More
Global Co-operation Talks
Commonwealth & OECD Working Group Concludes First Meeting The multilateral Working Group established by Commonwealth and OECD countries in Barbados earlier this month has completed its first meeting. Participants described … Read More
Enhanced Internet Access
Bahamas On-Line has established a relationship with Loral CyberStar, a satellite telecommunications company in Rockville, Maryland for the provision of point to point satellite circuits for voice and data, as … Read More
Bahamas Financial Services Guide – Online Payment Now Available
On 26th January 2001, BFSB Members Thyme Online Ltd and Axxess International Ltd. became the first Bahamian companies to process an internet credit card transaction directly into a Bahamian merchant … Read More
Information-based, Knowledge-driven Bahamian Society: E-commerce Developments
E-commerce necessarily must be an important component of The Bahamas’ services sector going forward, and so the Government gives priority focus to the development of electronic commerce. An internal e-commerce … Read More
Commonwealth/OECD Joint Working Group Meets
Promoting Dialogue and Consensus As a result of the Barbados January 8-9 meeting between policy makers from Commonwealth and OECD countries on the subject of global co-operation on harmful tax … Read More
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Latest Report Upcoming
THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE ON MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTS ON CURRENT LAUNDERING TRENDS…. The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) will meet in Paris 31 January-2 February, to … Read More
Year 2000 In Review
Barry J. Malcolm CEO & Executive Director Bahamas Financial Services Board Year-end Report To Members – 2000 Overview During 2000, The Bahamas Financial Services Board, in its third year of … Read More
International Outreach
International Advertising /Media Relations Despite the constraints of a limited budget, BFSB targeted several small, but key publications during 2000, a presence in which provided significant reach to intermediaries who … Read More