BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will be the regional headquarters of the Trade Finance Bank For Africa (Afreximbank) making available US$1.5 billion to the Caribbean region with room for expansion if all the countries come on board, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has said.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is dealing with an arbitration where a Chinese company is “now pressing its claim legally for US$300 million” after the previous government had put a halt to a multi-million dollar aluminum complex that would have produced 125,000 tons per year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has sent delegations to Venezuela to discuss cooperation in the areas of energy, including renewable energy, and on matters relating to food security and food sovereignty, according to a government statement issued here on Tuesday.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands can be removed from the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘grey list’ as early as October, should they satisfy the criteria of an on-site visit tentatively scheduled for late August, early September.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM has sought to assure the producers of honey in Guyana that their concerns about the exportation of their product are not being ignored.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Over 700 small business owners from across the ten administrative regions will soon receive grants from the Small Business Bureau (SBB) to help them in growing their enterprises and achieve sustainability.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Trade Board Limited (TBL) says it is seeking to establish an ‘Export Academy’ to help bolster Jamaica’s export capacity.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia -President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon, Tuesday said here was need for a new paradigm shift regarding the future socio-economic development of the region, pledging the Barbados-based financial institution involvement in the initiative.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The third edition of the Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit (SEOGS) has started here with President Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi pledging to make Suriname one of the top oil producing countries.

ACCRA, Ghana — The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) opened its 30th annual meetings here on Monday, with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley praising the bank’s payment system that would allow countries across the continent to trade with each other using their local currencies.

Miami, Florida – Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Caribbean Association of Banks Inc (CAB), the representative body and recognized voice for banks and other financial institutions in the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Minister of Economic Affairs, Ryan Straughn, is encouraging Barbadians to see digital financial services as a pathway to further economic development.