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By The Publisher On Saturday, September 18th, 2021
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United Group buys Banco di Caribe

PHILIPSBURG — Banco di Caribe has been sold to the Curacao-based United Group Holdings for an undisclosed amount of cash, the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten (CBCS) announced in a press release. The More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, July 31st, 2021
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Central Bank-report details pandemic’s economic damage

PHILIPSBURG — Stay-over arrivals dropped by 66.7 percent in 2020 and cruise arrivals fell 77.3 percent last year, the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten (CBCS) states in its annual report. “Cruise More...

By The Publisher On Saturday, July 31st, 2021
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Central Bank annual report: Economy (maybe) back to pre-pandemic levels in 2024

PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten’s real Gross Domestic Product declined by 22.4 percent in 2020. Curacao saw a drop of 19.3 percent it appears from the 2020 annual report of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
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Central Bank considers selling Banco di Caribe

WILLEMSTAD — The Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten considers putting the shares of Banco di Caribe up for sale in an effort to generate revenue for the restructuring of insurance company Ennia. The More...

By The Publisher On Friday, March 19th, 2021
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Large part of Girobank NV’s customers credit balances will soon be available

Willemstad/Philipsburg – On December 10, 2019, a moratorium was set at Girobank N.V. (Girobank), freezing all credit balances in excess of NAf 10,000 on Girobank’s current and/or savings accounts. A large part More...

By The Publisher On Monday, October 5th, 2020
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The ENNIA-saga: How Ansary fought the Central Bank every step of the way

PHILIPSBURG – After ignoring instructions from the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten for years, the court in Curacao placed insurance company ENNIA under the rules of the emergency measure in July 2018. More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
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Central Bank response to recent media coverage of ENNIA

Willemstad/Philipsburg – Following recent media coverage, the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) reports as follows. In early July 2018, at the request of the CBCS, the Court of First Instance More...

By The Publisher On Thursday, August 20th, 2020
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Challenges facing the new CBCS President

by Emsley D. Tromp I am writing this note risking stepping on toes. However, the only way to avoid stepping on toes is to stand still. Standing still will come at greater cost to the reputation and the credibility More...

By The Publisher On Friday, July 24th, 2020
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Central Bank appoints Brodie as ENNIA’s CEO

WILLEMSTAD – The Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten will install a new management team at insurance company ENNIA next week with Lesley-Ann Brodie as its Chief Executive Officer. Brodie spent more than ten More...

By The Publisher On Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
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Central Bank allows moratorium on all loans

PHILIPSBURG — The Central Bank of Curacao and Sint Maarten already took steps to counter the effects of the corona-virus crisis in March. At least one of these measures seems to be at odds with statements More...