Chief digital and marketing officer of NCB Group Nadeen Matthews Blair has challenged businesses to leverage the technologies implemented in their digital transformations to create a positive change in their business models and enhance customer experience. “Going digital is not just about technology, it's a way of being that's critical
In an effort to improve Jamaica's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) prospects, Digicel has launched a package of measures to boost business recovery and help them take full advantage of fresh opportunities in e-commerce. Up to the start of this month, Digicel Business had invested over US$18 million in network
Following GraceKennedy's March 2020 acquisition of a 65 per cent stake in Key Insurance Limited, the entity now boasts an underwriting profit of $34.2 million and a profit before tax figure of $88.5 million for its fourth quarter ending December 31, 2020. This is a360-degree turn from the prior quarter
Jamaica is facing a lost decade of economic growth, unless its recovery surpasses three per cent expansion annually, Professor Densil Williams has warned. The pro-vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Mona, says the Jamaican... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210312/ja-facing-lost-decade-without-robust-recovery
A new report published by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica has revealed that just under half of Jamaicans do not feel safe at ATM locations on the streets. According to data captured in the National Crime Victimisation Survey 2019, only 56.3... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20210312/streetside-atms-unsafe-nearly-half-jamaicans-feel
IDB commits US$75 million to boost Jamaica’s COVID-19 response Published:Friday | March 12, 2021 | 9:37 AM Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative and Caribbean Department Manager, Therese Turner-Jones. She said that the loan is being provided at a crucial point in Jamaica’s COVID-19 response as the Government embarks on
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is reporting an increase in the number of new investors entering the equities market between 2015 and 2019. JSE Group Business Development Manager, André Gooden, said that the figure rose from 3,412 in 2015 to 48,128 in 2019. He pointed out that
Leading airline and business groups are asking the Biden administration to develop temporary credentials that would let travellers show they have been tested and vaccinated for COVID-19, a step that the airline industry believes will help revive travel. Various groups and countries are working on developing so-called vaccine passports aimed
With more people opting to take vacations locally due to global travel restrictions brought on by the novel coronavirus disease, statistics have shown an increase of up to 27 per cent in local staycations since the pandemic when compared with the prior period. President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist
In financial and life planning, there are three primary phases: accumulation, consolidation, and spending, so financial goals and needs change with the phases. Strategies must also be dynamic, given the changes in the environment. Here are some of the changes: low interest rates have become entrenched; there has been a
