About the Initiative
Correspondent banking relations (CBRs) facilitate access to financial services across jurisdictions, including cross border payments connected to remittances, trade financing and other economic activities. Well-functioning CBRs also promote financial inclusion. In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards a reduction in CBRs in many countries, creating a problem known as “de-risking.”
This phenomenon has been particularly acute in the Caribbean. In light of the above, the Association of Supervisors of Banks of the Americas (ASBA) signed an Agreement of Non- Refundable Technical Cooperation ATN/ME-15948-RG, to implement the project denominated “Strengthening Financial Transparency: Rebuilding Trust in Correspondent Banking in the Caribbean.” The objective of this project is to increase the level of financial transparency in Caribbean countries, to help prevent and mitigate the risk of loss of CBRs.
The Caribbean Financial Transparency website, part of the above-mentioned project, was developed aiming to provide the Caribbean region with a unique site to disseminate knowledge, raise public awareness, facilitate training activities and establish an advocacy initiative about de-risking. The success of this effort lies on the continuous content contribution from the interested parties of the Caribbean.
This is a joint effort between ASBA and the Central Bank of Bahamas, with the support of the IDB-Lab and the Caribbean Development Bank.
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Inaugural Global Research Conference on Empirical Approaches to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) & Financial Crime
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ASBA Conference: Efforts in Reducing the Negative Impact of Loss of Correspondent Banking Relationships in The Caribbean: The Supervisors and Financial Institutions Role
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