News Releases
Communiqué of the 100th Meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Friday
October
22
2021
by
ECCB

The Hundredth Meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) was held on 22 October 2021, via videoconference, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Joseph Easton Farrell, Premier and Minister for Finance of…

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ECCB Observes Caribbean Statistics Day 2021
Thursday
October
14
2021
by
ECCB

The ECCB is pleased to join with its CARICOM colleagues in observing Caribbean Statistics Day 2021, under the theme: Leave No One Behind...Everyone Counts


This year, the Bank takes the opportunity to showcase its recent initiative “Stats&Facts”,…

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Governor Antoine Underscores Importance of Monetary Stability
Friday
October
8
2021
by
ECCB

Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Timothy N. J. Antoine has underscored the importance of monetary stability and what this means for the people of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).


Speaking during a church service on 3…

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ECCB Celebrates 38 Years of Service to Region
Friday
October
1
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is celebrating 38 years of service to the Government and people of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.


The Agreement establishing the ECCB as the monetary authority for the eight ECCB participating…

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ECCB Governor Highlights Importance of Creatives to Economy
Friday
October
1
2021
by
ECCB

Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Timothy N. J. Antoine has advised the region’s young people that their voices matter, they are talented and that creatives are extremely important to the economy.


Speaking at the recent awards…

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ECCB and FIM Partners Launch FIM 2021 in ECCU
Thursday
September
30
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and its Financial Information Month (FIM) partners launch FIM 2021 throughout the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).


FIM, which was initiated in 2002, is observed every October under the theme Financial…

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ECCB Awards 2021 Creative Youth Competition Winners
Thursday
September
30
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Regional Security System Asset Recovery Unit (RSS-ARU) has officially recognised winners and participants of the 2021 Creative Youth Competition (CYC) at a virtual prize-giving ceremony held on 17…

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ECCB and Regional Security System Asset Recovery Unit Host Creative Youth Poetry Competition
Friday
September
24
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the Regional Security System Asset Recovery Unit (RSS-ARU) host the 2022 Creative Youth Competition with a focus on poetry.


The ECCB/RSS-ARU Creative Youth Competition is designed to allow aged 13-19…

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ECCB Continues to Invest in Young Regional Innovators
Thursday
September
23
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) continues to partner with the Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) to groom the next generation of science, engineering, technology and business leaders in the region through the Student Programme for…

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Trevor Brathwaite Demits Office as Deputy Governor of ECCB
Wednesday
September
22
2021
by
ECCB

After 15 and one half years of service to the people of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), Trevor Brathwaite demitted office as Deputy Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) on 15 September.


At a farewell event held in…

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ECCB Digital Dialogues Series to Look at Pandemic and Education
Tuesday
September
21
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will engage stakeholders on the topic ‘Pandemic and Education’ when discussions resume on 28 September with a new series of its Digital Dialogues.


The ECCB recognises that one of the biggest disruptions…

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ECCB Encourages Sound Financial Planning in Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
Friday
September
17
2021
by
ECCB

CEO at the National Commercial Bank of Anguilla, Sharmaine Francios, advises that: “Now is not the time to put financial planning on hold.”


 


Francois is the guests on this week’s episode of ECCB Connects; she discusses financial planning during…

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Partnership Among Stakeholders in Education Critical for Students’ Success in COVID-19 Environment
Thursday
September
9
2021
by
ECCB

As children return to school in a COVID-19 environment, the guests on this week’s episode of ECCB Connects are of the view that stakeholders in education should work together to ensure that the region’s children excel academically.


 


Secondary…

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ECCB Encourages Empowerment of Rural Women in Agriculture
Thursday
September
2
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) recognises the important contribution women make to the region’s economies and encourages the empowerment of women agricultural entrepreneurs.  


 


In the first episode of Season 17 of ECCB Connects which was…

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Acquisition of Bank of Nova Scotia’s Antigua and Barbuda Operations by Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank Limited Finalised
Tuesday
August
31
2021
by
ECCB

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) hereby advises that effective 1 September, the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) operations in Antigua and Barbuda will cease and the Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank's (ECAB’s) operations will include the…

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