The Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC), established in 2001, is a regional resource based in Barbados. CARTAC was created to help countries in the region deliver improvements in certain critical areas required to design and implement measures to meet standards of economic and financial governance as expected by citizens, domestic and international investors. As such, at the request of participating countries the Centre provides technical assistance and training in core areas of economics and financial management. Read more...

The Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) dates back to 1874 and is the product of a series of mergers with several other building societies across Jamaica.The Society is licensed in Jamaica under the Building Societies Act and the Bank of Jamaica (Building Societies) Regulations Act 1995. Guided by the maxim, ‘Membership Matters’, it is owned by its members, and is run for their benefit with all holders of savings accounts having one vote. JNBS is the leading building society in Jamaica and the Caribbean, and remains the third largest financial institution in Jamaica in terms of assets, capital base and savings among local commercial banks, building societies and licensees under the Financial Institutions Act, for the financial year ended March 2009. Read more...