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SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO ACTS ENSURE THAT ALL FINANCIAL BUSINESS IN ST. KITTS-NEVIS BE REGULATED BY FSRC

Published 21 December 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

MOVER OF THE BILLS, PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FINANCE, DR. THE HON. TIMOTHY HARRIS
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO ACTS ENSURE THAT ALL FINANCIAL BUSINESS IN ST. KITTS-NEVIS BE REGULATED BY FSRC
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 20, 2018 (SKNIS): Amendments made to five Acts in the Sitting of the National Assembly on December 19, 2018, will ensure that individuals be regulated and all financial business taking place in St. Kitts and Nevis be brought under the Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC).

The amendments are encapsulated in five bills. These bills include the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018; Financial Services Regulatory Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2018; Captive Insurance Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018; Trusts (Amendment) Bill, 2018; and Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill, 2018.

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Important update on our Caribbean operations

Published 20 December 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Scotiabank enters agreement with Republic Financial Holdings Limited View online
Scotiabank®
Dear Valid Customer

On behalf of all of us at Scotiabank, I am writing to thank you for your business and for placing your trust in us. As we announced this week, Scotiabank and Republic Financial Holdings Limited have come to an agreement under which Scotiabank will sell our banking operations in 9 countries in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten and St. Vincent & the Grenadines to Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL).

We are pleased to have come to this agreement with RFHL – a leading financial institution based in Trinidad & Tobago and with operations across the Caribbean and Ghana. RFHL is committed to investing in and growing the business and delivering enhanced financial products and services that best serve our customers’ needs.

We are confident that this agreement provides the best long-term solution for customers in St. Kitts And Nevis. Scotiabank and RFHL will work together to provide the smoothest transition for our customers, and our employees.

And, we are delighted that, as part of this transaction, all impacted Scotiabank employees will join RFHL.

Our agreement with RFHL is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. Until these are obtained and conditions met and the transactions close, all Scotiabank operations in St. Kitts And Nevis will continue as usual. There will be no changes to your account at this time; all your products and services remain the same at this time.

We will keep you informed as the transaction progresses. If you have any further questions regarding this change, please feel free to call our Contact Centre at (869) 465-4141.

Sincerely,

David Parks
Managing Director Caribbean East
Scotiabank

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CBI Developers in St. Kitts and Nevis Supportive of Government’s Reform Agenda

Published 20 December 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

December 20th, 2018

CBI Developers in St. Kitts and Nevis Supportive of Government’s Reform Agenda

 

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis — A number of developers, whose projects have been approved for the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme, met several times with Senior Government officials and the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) to discuss the current CBI programme.  These meetings were held to discuss a collaborative approach to improving the programme and to discuss the Government’s strategic plan for additional regulations and controls around the real estate option.

During the meeting, all agreed that they must be proactive in promoting the highest standard of the CBI programme, consistent with St. Kitts and Nevis’ platinum brand. It was emphasized during the meetings that no developer or agent had the legal authority to alter the approved prices established under the legislative framework that guides the programme. Developers pledged that any promotional actions on their part, or that of their agents, would reflect the following prices, as per the statutory requirements for real estate:
USD $400,000.00 to qualify for resale after 5 years
USD $200,000.00 to qualify for resale after 7 years

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NATIONAL BANK RECORDS ANOTHER EXCELLENT YEAR, AGM TO BE HELD TODAY, THURSDAY

Published 20 December 2018

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NATIONAL BANK RECORDS ANOTHER EXCELLENT YEAR,

AGM TO BE HELD TODAY, THURSDAY

December 20th, 2018

St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited – the largest bank in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) – reports another successful year of operations with a net income after tax of $52.1 million.  This represents an increase of $12.6 million or 32% from last year’s reported profit of $39.5 million and an increase of $23.7 million or 83% from the reported profit of $28.4 million in 2016.

The Accounts for the year ended June 30th, 2018 will be discussed during the Forty-Eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited, which is scheduled to take place at Park Hyatt St. Kitts today, Thursday, December 20th, 2018 at 5:00pm.

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St. Kitts and Nevis endorses the Global Compact on Migration

Published 20 December 2018

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MS. ASHA DeSUZA
St. Kitts and Nevis endorses the Global Compact on Migration
New York (December 19, 2018) The Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was adopted in Marrakesh on December 10th and then formally adopted in the United Nations General Assembly on December 19th 2018. St. Kitts and Nevis was represented by Ms. Asha DeSuza, Second Secretary at the Federation’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

The Global Compact is the first multilateral framework that promotes the benefits of international migration and provides guidance and best practices for states on methods to confront its challenges.

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