CHANGE is often met with scepticism and fear, especially when it comes to anything having to do with money. Recent ly, Jamaica introduced new polymer banknotes, a move that has been met with…
Category: Business & Economy
Confidence inches higher, amid uptick in vacation and investment plans
Consumer and business confidence indices inched up marginally in the second quarter of 2023 when compared to a year ago but mixed when matched against the results generated in the previous quarter. Consumer…
Market thumbs nose at NCB turmoil
Amid turmoil at Jamaica’s largest banking conglomerate, a $2 trillion behemoth that has the potential to hobble the Jamaican economy were the business to falter, stock market investors digested the sudden and unexplained…
BOJ moves to calm jitters amid NCBFG management changes
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is seeking to assure that member companies of the NCB Financial Group (NCBFG) are profitable, strong and safe amid the sudden management changes at the financial institution. In a…
China economy misses growth forecasts
China’s economic growth missed forecasts in the second quarter of the year, adding to worries over surging youth unemployment and a weak property sector and raising the likelihood that the government will double…
iWrite goes after household name status
Launched as a creative company in 2017, iWrite International through the power of words, video and sound has been working to erase errors as it imprints the business as a household name locally….
Export woes
LOCAL small business owners have expressed that they are encountering too many barriers when trying to capitalise on the international export market. On Wednesday, which was the opening day of the 9th staging…
‘No more cybertheft compensation’
NCB’s inhouse fraud specialist, Dane Nicholson, wants banks and financial houses to get tough on customers as a teaching moment for those who carelessly fall into the trap of cybercriminals. He is also…
IMF: Jamaica heat wave could stir megastorm, big losses
The current heatwave in Jamaica is symptomatic of a wider warming climate that experts think may fuel a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane. And if such conditions were to persist and trigger a 100-year event, Jamaica…
New ABMs overlook blind community
ON the heels of concerns from the blind community about automated banking machines (ABMs) becoming more inaccessible as they are upgraded, National Commercial Bank (NCB) said it has already started implementation of the…