News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
ORANJESTAD- The MCB branch on St. Eustatius on September 1, 2023 is celebrating their 30 year anniversary of providing banking services to residents of the island. While the branch on the island started out as a branch of Windward Islands Bank (WIB), the branch always formed part of the Maduro & Curielsbank Group. However, since November 1, 2022 the bank now operates as branch of MCB Bonaire, rather than a branch of WIB St. Maarten. ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - Maduro & Curielsbank Bonaire provided information on Monday about the new debit cards that the bank will be issuing to its customers. The new cards are necessary because the currently used Maestro system is ceasing to exist worldwide. As a ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM - Maduro & Curielsbank (Bonaire) at the end of August will organize three days of Banking Workshops in Saba, combined with a Customer Service Desk to assist MCB and former WIB bank customers with their questions. The workshop focusses, among ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Caribbean Netherlands Pension Fund (PCN) will implement an interim indexation of pensions per September 1st, 2023. The indexation will be at a rate of 3%. Normally, the fund evaluates at the end of each year whether pensions can be indexed from ... Lees verder
BRIDGETOWN - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a USD 76.2 million loan to the Government of Guyana (GOGY) for the Guyana Water Supply Improvement Project under which the water supply systems serving five coastal communities will undergo major ... Lees verder
MIAMI - 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 ... Lees verder
THE HAGUE - The Boards of financial supervision recently visited the Netherlands to engage in crucial discussions regarding sustainable public finances. During their productive meetings with government officials, audit institutions, and legislative ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD/THE BOTTOM- As of May 1st , there are new opening hours for the Tax offices on the Windward Islands. On St. Eustatius and Saba, the offices are open from Monday to Thursday, between 9 AM and 12 noon. On Friday, taxpayers can come by according to ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD - A delegation from the Maduro & Curiëlsbank visited Sint Eustatius last week, among other things to talk about challenges since the only bank on the island switched from the Windward Island Bank (WIB) on St. Maarten, to the MCB ... Lees verder
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Almost three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic first breached the shores of Caribbean countries, causing severe economic and social dislocation and putting immense strain on health systems throughout the Region. Now, as the Region ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - Within the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force (KPCN), the Financial Economic Crime team (“FINEC”) has been set up in the year 2022 to combat this form of crime. For example, various criminal investigations are underway against money laundering, ... Lees verder
THE HAGUE - The State Council of Ministers and the Council of Ministers, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, have approved the appointment of Drs L.M.C. (Lidewijde) Ongering as the new chairman of the Colleges of Financial Supervision (CFT). In doing ... Lees verder
WILLEMSTAD - MCB Group and the local online payment method Sentoo are joining in partnership to further expand the online payment methods offered. This means that soon all MCB’s commercial and personal clients in the Dutch Caribbean can start using Sentoo ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM/WILLEMSTAD- A delegation of the Island Council had a meeting with the management of the Maduro & Curiel’s Bank (MCB) in Curaçao earlier this week to discuss banking services in Saba and the challenges for Saba clients as a result of the ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD- The Board of PCN last week was present to hold their quarterly board meeting on St. Eustatius. Present were board chair Harald Linkels and board members Gerard Bergsma, Roy Hooker and Gilbert Cijntje. Also present were Margo Lelieveld and ... Lees verder