The Partnership for National Unity said on 26 September that it backs the Guyana Development Bank and wants the President's proposal to name loan applicants before approval withdrawn. The Act leaves most of what it asks for to the Minister and the board.
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The IMF said in July that import-heavy private investment kept Guyana's FX market tight, judged the stabilized regime appropriate and advised deeper markets. The government's nine measures work on documentation and misuse.
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Guyana's commercial banks have told President Irfaan Ali that unmet requests for foreign currency stand at just over US$200 million, part carried forward from earlier months. Former Finance Minister Asgar Ally is helping analyse the demand.
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Importers, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and a US government trade guide reported delays in getting US dollars through 2024 and 2025. In September 2026 the commercial banks put unfilled requests at just over US$200 million.
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Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh signed and gazetted the Commencement Order for the Guyana Development Bank on 16 September. The bank opens on 5 October with G$20 billion and zero-interest, collateral-free loans of up to G$3 million.
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Trinidad's Court of Appeal cleared Republic Bank on 6 August 2026, overturning Justice Carol Gobin's four findings of security failure. The reasons have not been published, and the account in circulation comes from the bank's own news release.
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