The central banks of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and The Bahamas met a PAPSS team in Port of Spain on CAPSS, CARICOM's planned system for instant payments between member states in local currencies.
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Creditinfo Group completed its purchase of EveryData Group on 6 August 2026, taking over the licensed credit bureaus of Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. Guyana's bureau was licensed under the Creditinfo name in 2013.
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Argentina's employer registry fell from 512,357 in November 2023 to 481,724 in May 2026 on Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo data. Only Neuquen, home of Vaca Muerta, added firms.
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Dr R. Brian Langrin became Governor of the Bank of Jamaica on 19 August 2026. He left the Bank in 2017 for CARTAC, the IMF Caribbean centre in Barbados, returning after roles at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. Brian Wynter took the same route.
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Argentine household loan delinquency reached 12.8 per cent in June 2026, against 5.2 per cent a year earlier, and held there after nineteen months of increases. The Central Bank says the pause came partly from moving bad debtors off balance sheet as irrecoverable.
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Argentina extended its currency swap with the People's Bank of China to 2031 on 5 August 2026, a day before the framework lapsed. The line reads US$19 billion, but only US$5 billion was ever activated and US$675 million was still owed in January.
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