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Financial Innovation & Inclusion in ECCU The Cashless Transition; What’s Next?

Speaking notes from presentation delivered by Mr Shiva Bissessar at Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) 29th Annual Conference with Commercial Banks; 8th November 2018     In consideration of the topic, Financial Innovation & Inclusion in ECCU, The Cashless Transition, first, we need to address the issue of what is cashless?     Payment card … Read more

Summary of ECLAC Caribbean DFS outputs (2014-2017) 

    The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, is pleased to transmit for your attention, (LC/CAR/2017/11) entitled “REPORT OF THE SEMINAR ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- EXPLORING INNOVATION IN TRANSACTIONS AND FINANCING IN THE CARIBBEAN” from the meeting convened in Port of Spain, 1-3 June 2016. … Read more

Caribbean Digital Financial Services (DFS), DRM & IoT

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The Need for Developing a Cyber Security Ecosystem of Professionals

  Over the period 6th and 7th February, 2017, it was my honour and privilege to participate in, and make contributions to, a closed expert group meeting to assess future threats as executed by a national intelligence agency. The following is the paper I presented on developing cyber security capacity to meet future challenges.   Introduction … Read more

Are we on track for sustainable Caribbean cyber security development?

    The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in conjunction with the Commonwealth Secretariat (Secretariat) recently hosted the Caribbean Stakeholders’ Meeting II – Cyber Security and Cybercrime (CSMII) in St. Lucia over the period 16th – 19th of March 2016.  The event sought to bring together senior stakeholders from various regional governments, international organisations focused on … Read more

Exploring digital currency and E-payment in the Caribbean

*This post was initially carried by the Trinidad Express, Sept 29th **While reference is made within this piece to a study and report, the opinions expressed are my own.   Figure 1: UN ECLAC 1st EGM: (Left to Right) ECLAC’s Deputy Director (Ag.) and Associate Information Management Officer. Dillon Alleyne and Robert Williams, respectively & … Read more