Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie delivered the keynote address at the official opening yesterday of a [CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank](http://www.cibcfcib.com) branch in the Southwest Shopping Plaza on Carmichael … Read More
OECD Releases Reports on Automatic Exchange and Tax Confidentiality
Furthering its efforts to strengthen international tax co-operation, the OECD has issued two new [reports](http://www.oecd.org/ctp/exchangeofinformation/improvinginternationaltaxco-operationoecdreleasesreportsonautomaticexchangeandtaxconfidentiality.htm) on automatic exchange and tax confidentiality. The report on automatic exchange of information describes what … Read More
Nominations Open: 2012 Financial Services Industry Excellence Awards
Nominations are open for the 2012 Financial Services Industry Excellence Awards, a programme hosted by the Bahamas Financial Services Board. Awardees will be chosen for (1) Executive of the Year … Read More
Standard & Poor’s Raises Short-Term Foreign Currency Sovereign Credit Rating for The Bahamas
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its short-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating on The Commonwealth of The Bahamas to ‘A-2’ from ‘A-3’. At the same time, it affirmed … Read More
CARICOM Heads of Government – 33rd Meeting Ends
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have concluded their [Thirty Third Regular Meeting](http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/33hgc_main_page.jsp) (Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community) at Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. The … Read More
New BICA President
Jasmine Davis, Vice-President of Patient Finance at Doctors Hospital Health Systems (DHHS) is the new [BICA](http://www.bica.bs) President for 2012-2013. The Institute also unveiled its other new Council Members at its … Read More
Bahamas Landfall: Destination Europe
A delegation from the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) is back home, having completed a series of meetings with private banks, independent asset managers, lawyers, accountants and family offices in … Read More
E-Commerce Platform Launched
[Bank of the Bahamas](http://www.bankbahamasonline.com) has unveiled its e-commerce platform as a major part of the institution’s growth strategy to recalibrate its business model to better suit the business environment. Effectively, … Read More
WTO Working Party Praises The Bahamas for Progress Made in its Accession Process
The WTO Working Party on the [Accession of The Bahamas](http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/acc_e/a1_bahamas_e.htm) met for the second time this week to examine The Bahamas’ trade regime, its trade-related reforms and to assess conformity … Read More
Tackling Tax Evasion
Steady progress is being made towards tackling tax evasion more effectively, according to reports presented to G20 leaders at their summit in Los Cabos, Mexico today. A [report](http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/8/50630814.pdf) by the … Read More