Stakeholders in the Caribbean banking sector will gather in Jamaica for three days later this month, to identify best practices for addressing bank insolvency issues, when the Jamaica Deposit Insurance...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) stands ready to support Jamaica with a programme of US$600 million in loans during 2010, IDB Executive Vice President, Daniel Zelikow has said. A press...

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), the main regulators of the financial services sector will shortly address issues of capital adequacy and margin requirements for...

The Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Ministry will be moving to reclaim bonds currently being held by investors who have declined to participate...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has said that while the introduction of casino gaming will not save the economy, it will help to boost earnings...

Taxpayers have two weeks to file their Income Tax Returns before the March 15 deadline expires. The Tax Administration is therefore reminding all companies, self-employed persons, partners, other bodies and...

Effective Monday, 1 March 2010, the cash reserve requirement with respect to foreign currency prescribed liabilities of deposit taking institutions will be reduced by two (2) percentage points to 9.0...

Reacting to the over 99% participation success rate of the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX), Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Wednesday (February 24) upgraded Jamaica's long-term foreign and local currency sovereign...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, signed a US$200 million loan agreement with the World Bank, in Washington, D.C. Thursday (February 25). "This loan will support...

Technical Advisor to the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Wayne Henry, has said that the Government's decision to borrow from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the...

The Government's stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not only released critical funds, but has also resulted in opportunities for Jamaica to receive financial aid from other...