Regulatory compliance news for Caribbean businesses — AML, KYC, corporate governance, and financial regulation updates across CARICOM and Latin American jurisdictions.
Brazil's civil aviation regulator created ConciliAnac by Portaria 20.185 of 13 October 2026 to settle airport concession disputes by negotiation. Article 6 excludes eight classes of matter, beginning with any change to the contract's risk matrix. A commission has 60 days.
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The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission published the mining licences it issued on Amerindian titled lands, three in 2023 and one in 2024, and certifies that none issued without an agreement reached under free, prior and informed consent. Section 48 bars it from the negotiations.
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The National Computer Incident Response Team of The Bahamas issued an Akira ransomware alert on 22 October 2026, naming no confirmed attack at home. The FBI and three other agencies put the group's proceeds at US$244.17 million, and record its victims in North America, Europe and Australia. The Cari
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The Caribbean Development Bank hosted the Barbados Chief Audit Executives Forum in Bridgetown on 21 October 2026, on the Global Internal Audit Standards. Its head of internal audit said the Bank is examining ways to support audit departments across the region. No instrument or date was announced.
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The Natural Resource Fund Act 2021 requires an Investment Committee of seven members, including a nominee of the Leader of the Opposition. The Government Notice reappointing the committee to 31 August 2030, gazetted on 20 August 2026, names five and records two as TBD.
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President Irfaan Ali said on 17 October 2026 that the government will restrict vape imports, through an order under the Customs Act signed by the Finance Minister. The most recent Official Gazette, of 17 October, records no Acts, no Bills and no such order.
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Order No. 188 of 2026, gazetted on 17 October, brought the Sea and River Defence Act 2024 into operation from 7 October. The Act repeals both chapters of the old sea defence law, creates a statutory Sea and River Defence Board, and runs to 85 sections across 12 Parts.
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A notification under the Public Holidays Act, published in the Official Gazette of 17 October, declares Sunday 8 November 2026 a public holiday for Deepavali and declares Monday 9 November a public holiday because the first falls on a Sunday.
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Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources defended Dr Ivor English's appointment as civil-society convener under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative on the ground that he holds no active mining property. Kaieteur News reports renewal and transfer applications have been filed.
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Republic Financial Holdings notified the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on 30 January 2026 that Richard Sammy would succeed Nigel Baptiste. Sammy left on 14 October after 18 years. Karen Yip Chuck has been named instead. Republic has not said why.
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The State Department designated Cuba's Banco Internacional de Comercio S.A. on 15 October 2026, saying it had served Iran's Karafarin Bank since 2022. The designation was made under a clause of Executive Order 14404 requiring only that a firm operate in Cuba's financial services sector.
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The OCC fined American Express National Bank US$350 million on 8 October 2026 and issued a cease-and-desist order. The bank processed approximately US$13 billion in suspected trade-based money laundering between June 2014 and May 2025, in card charges and their repayments.
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