Since its introduction to the electronic payment landscape in December 2021, Lynk, Jamaica’s first digital wallet, has recorded more than $500 million in transactions on the platform. The Lynk App presently provides an opportunity for individuals, small and medium businesses to be able to pay and receive payments using a smartphone. Addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’, today (August 18), Chief...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will be staging its first Healthy Wallet Expo on Friday, August 19. The event, which is targeting internal Ministry staff and other public-sector workers, will commence at 9:00 a.m. at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle headquarters. Director of Corporate Communication and Public Relations at the Ministry, Shelly-Ann Weeks, said the event is meant...

Fourteen public-sector workers have been awarded full scholarships to pursue advanced studies at institutions locally and abroad. They are the second cohort to benefit from the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship, which is implemented by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. The awards ceremony was held at King’s House on Wednesday (August 17), on the day when...

Minister of Finance and Public Service and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North Western, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, pauses for a photo with children of the Ackee Walk community, during the launch of a free secured Wi-Fi hotspot in the area on Monday (August 15).

Jamaica generated export earnings of US$511.1 million for the first four months of 2022, between January and April. This is 1.3 per cent higher than the US$504.4 million earned over the corresponding period in 2021, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). A release from STATIN on Monday (August 15) indicated that the increase was primarily due to 52.9...

This year’s Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship awards ceremony is slated for Wednesday, August 17, at King’s House. The scholarships were established by the Government in 2020 to offer Jamaican nationals and citizens employed in the public sector, the opportunity to obtain postgraduate degrees from competitive, appropriately accredited universities in Jamaica, North America and Europe. Director of Workforce Planning...

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), on Thursday (August 11), unveiled two loan facilities valued at $700 million, to benefit entertainment and transport industry stakeholders whose livelihoods have been impacted by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. A sum of $500 million is earmarked for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) under the Entertainment Restart Loan Facility, while $200...