BANKS make money primarily by charging interest on loans. Consumers should, however, pay careful attention to their loan portfolios. For the past two weeks I have highlighted the relevance of debt management, and this week the spotlight is on the pros and cons of home equity loans and how these types of loans impact homeowners, [...]

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For his decades of development in local business and impact on nation-building in the public and private sectors, president and CEO of Sagicor Group Jamaica, Christopher Zacca, is being awarded the 2024 American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) International Achievement Award. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20240316/sagicor-groups-christopher-zacca-receive-2024-afj-award

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Moving to spice up top-line growth, food company Mother’s Enterprise Limited (MEL), through its bakery division, has started to export Easter buns to markets overseas. The revamped product, which MEL Managing Director Sheldon Seymour said ranks as top-rated following a number of market taste tests, is already heavily pushed in the local retail market, with [...]

Following recent regulatory approval for the sale of its Curaçao and St Maarten banking assets, FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited (FCIB) is looking to grow its presence in the 10 Caribbean territories which will now form its core business. FCIB has been divesting different Caribbean markets since October 2021, nearly nine months after its parent company, [...]

Developments in the regulatory landscape in Jamaica have caused registered charitable organisations to improve their standards in terms of transparency, accountability, and corporate governance. The Charities Regulations, 2022 (“the Regulations”) ushered in a series of regulatory changes and imposed new obligations upon registered charitable organisations aimed at ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing. [...]

The debate about the failings of the Jamaican economy has largely focused on productivity. The argument has been that our productivity is low and the task is to increase productivity. But, is low productivity the core issue? The answer is ‘no’! The core issue for the Jamaican economy is that we remain a low value-added [...]

lready having a presence in 13 markets across the Caribbean through its GK Life Insurance subsidiary, food and financial services group GraceKennedy is now positioning to enter at least two other territories. CEO of the GK Group Don Wehby, in identifying Guyana and The Bahamas as the two territories, said they are now being considered [...]

BANKS make money primarily by charging interest on loans. Consumers should, however, pay careful attention to their loan portfolios. For the past two weeks I have highlighted the relevance of debt management, and this week the spotlight is on the pros and cons of home equity loans and how these types of loans impact homeowners, [...]