THE JOURNAL
Tackling the decline of correspondent banking relationships in the Caribbean
Correspondent banking, the collective term for banking services provided by a bank in one country to a financial institution in another, has been the backbone of international banking operations and payments for some time.
JOURNAL: Easing of US-Cuba relations could hit Caribbean tourism
Since the U.S. started loosening Cuba travel restrictions in January 2015, the opening up of Cuba to U.S. tourists spelled potentially bad news for other vacation destinations in the Caribbean.
American ‘hypocrisy’: Why the US is now the focus of transparency efforts
In the debate about offshore centers, one nation has quickly become the center of attention.
Loans, gifts and graft: CIFA and CONCACAF’s Panama connections
A Panamanian company set up by Canover Watson that was allegedly used to receive a $1.1 million bribe payment from Traffic Sports to Jeffrey Webb is the same entity that had a controversial $600,000 loan agreement with the Cayman Islands Football Association, documents reveal.
South Sound, Seven Mile Beach property ‘on fire,’ inland still lags
The consensus appears unanimous: Real estate brokers say things are great, and anyone checking out the market must agree that they are.
Zika virus spawns economic dangers through the Americas
The spread of the Zika virus, a growing medical threat through much of the Americas, demands “urgent action” from regional governments to help control the potential economic damage an epidemic could cause, according to the World Bank and other institutions.
Litigation: Skype messages show Caledonian’s trading activity in penny stock frauds
Documents submitted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to a U.S. court in February have shed new light on the involvement of Caledonian executives and clients in trading securities used in four penny stock manipulation fraud schemes.
Investment: Contrarian investing – Bucking the trend does not always pay off
Acting counter-cyclically as an investor sounds like a plausible investment strategy, but successfully implementing such an approach has to be learned.
Technology: Former hacker shows off new tricks of the trade
Kevin Mitnick, who once was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list and is now a computer security consultant, took to the stage at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit to show off some of the newest ways hackers are breaking into computer systems.
Offshore: Perception and IFCs – How have they fared?
IFCs should use objective measures of their perception to better tackle the reputational challenge.
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