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Government has engaged the services of a consultancy group to identify the steps necessary for tapping into the nearly $50-billion in dormant bank accounts, with the aim of using these funds to provide low-interest financing to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
Speaking at a Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) breakfast forum held under the theme ‘Eye on 20/20: Exploring New Frontiers’at The Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 28, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, said access to affordable financing...

Valerie Veira, Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation, speaking at the Corporation’s Breakfast with the CEO, held at The Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 28, 2019. The breakfast meeting was held under the theme ‘Eye on 2020: Exploring New Frontiers’, focusing on the Green, Blue and Orange economies to include presentations on Stimulating the Ecosystem, Enterprise Development and Capacity Building. The forum was aimed at updating stakeholders on the Corporation’s strategic plans.

Hon Audley Shaw (left), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, converses with Michael Willacy, Vice-President of Retail and SME Banking at Sagicor, at the Jamaica Business Development Corporation’s Breakfast with the CEO under the theme ‘Eye on 2020: Exploring New Frontiers’, held at The Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 28, 2019. The forum was aimed at updating stakeholders on the Corporation’s strategic plans.

Harold Davis, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) speaking at JBDC’s Breakfast with the CEO, held at The Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on February 28, 2019. The breakfast meeting was held under the theme ‘Eye on 2020: Exploring New Frontiers’, focusing on the Green, Blue and Orange economies to include presentations on Stimulating the Ecosystem, Enterprise Development and Capacity Building. The forum is aimed at updating stakeholders on the Corporation’s strategic plans.