Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)
IMF urges caution on CBDCs in Eastern Caribbean
Scope to modernise payments, but central bank must proceed with caution, IMF staff warn
NPLs and cyber risks threaten Eastern Caribbean MU – IMF
Steps towards banking union should be put on hold until short-term priorities are addressed, says fund
Barbados-based firm hopes to become world’s CBDC provider
Bitt founder shares his ambitions to create a global CBDC settlement network
ECCB launches public debt investor information website
New website could help solve “long-standing issue” of excess liquidity, ECCB governor says
ECCB launches new polymer banknotes
Redesigned notes are the first ever vertical notes from the ECCB
ECCB announces digital currency pilot
Governor Antoine says the pilot is not “an academic exercise”, as the central bank plans to roll out the new instrument to the public within 18 months
ECCB strategic plan aims for ‘transformation’
Eastern Caribbean must address high unemployment and low growth, governor says
People: RBNZ continues reshuffle; Fed appoints payments leader
Mills to fill Bascand’s shoes at RBNZ as assistant governor moves to financial stability; St Louis Fed vice-president to initiate faster payments project for the US central bank; and more
ECCB building named in honour of former governor
ECCB names central bank building after its longest-serving governor, Dwight Venner; current governor and former colleague pay tribute to late governor
Dwight Venner, 1946-2016
The long-serving central bank governor has died aged 70, having spent 26 years at the head of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Eastern Caribbean ACH enters second phase of implementation
ECCB annual report sets outs progress so far; electronic payments and US dollar cheques to be processed through the Eastern Caribbean Automated Clearing House
Flurry of new central bank heads could continue into 2016
The past three months have brought 10 new central bank governors and a Fed president, after a period of relative stability; Central Bank Directory 2016 shows other terms expiring this year
Venner’s successor: Grenada official named first new Eastern Caribbean governor since 1989
Grenada secretary to the ministry of finance named governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank after seven-month search; takes office on February 1
ECCB sees sense in scrapping cents
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank insists ‘everyone will benefit from the withdrawal’ of one and two cent coins from July, as they are expensive to produce and carry very little purchasing power
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) governor looking for ‘quantum leap’ in output
Dwight Venner calls for three-pronged approach to recoup the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union’s output losses over the past four years and return to growth
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank takes over Anguilla’s largest two banks
ECCB steps in as banks’ capital positions deteriorate; Anguilla’s chief minister looks to the UK government for public and private investment in wider economy
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank sued over 'brazen act of thievery'
ECCB in the dock over management of failed bank; investors claim they should be compensated for loss arising from fraudulent ownership
New leadership for Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Monetary Council
Chairmanship of ECCB’s Monetary Council moves to St Kitts and Nevis member; rate-setters leave key rates alone after reviewing mixed economic data
ECCB disposes stake in former Stanford bank
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank sells assets from seized Bank of Antigua to Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank
ECCB - Annual Report 2008/2009
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank's Annual Report shows the impact of financial crisis on the currency union
ECCB sued by Stanford investors
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank faces class-action from investors who allege the value of Bank of Antigua, seized by the central bank last year, is rightfully theirs
Eastern Caribbean to advance integration: Venner
Summary: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Dwight Venner says states will tighten economic and currency cooperation
Central banking in paradise: 25 years of the ECCB
As the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank turns 25, Blair Baker and Giancarlo Espejo reflect on the leading role it has played in building financial markets and promoting regional integration
Growth, profitability and regulation in Caribbean
Sir K. Dwight Venner, governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, set out his vision of how the Caribbean can grow through opening up capital and labour markets in the region.