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Butterfield Bank has extended a $150 million credit facility to the Cayman Islands Government
DATE: Feb 15, 2023
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
A New York bank approved to provide US banking services to Bermuda fintech companies has been downgraded
DATE: Jan 17, 2023
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Butterfield Bank will shut down the bank accounts of the Bermuda Financial Network on Thursday, in effect putting the 26-year-old company out of business.
It will mean the end of Easy Pay, Bermuda’s first online money transfer service (2000/2001) whi...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Butterfield Bank’s increased interest rates on loans by half a percentage point comes with a warning that more increases are likely to come soon.
The bank absorbed a third of the 75-basis-point increase in the target range of the US federal funds rat...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Bankers last night reacted to the direct hit they took from government on Friday when David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance raised alarm on the floor of the House of Assembly at the escalating rise in bank fees and charges.
The Premier laid...
DATE: Jul 05, 2022
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
The government has threatened Bermuda’s banks to rein in escalating bank fees and globally-abnormal bank charges, or face government-imposed limits.
And a near 10 year old Progressive Labour Party promise to crack down on banks is a step closer to re...
DATE: Jul 04, 2022
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Representatives for new digital bank Jewel continue to pave the way for new office space on Victoria Street to meet an ambitious start date in September.
But they have confirmed to The Royal Gazette that their first Bermuda office will not be Victori...
DATE: Jun 28, 2022
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Borrowers will pay more for their loans and mortgages after Butterfield Bank raised its rates in response to the historic 75 basis point increase by the US Federal Reserve
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Bermuda’s existing banking fraternity appear set to welcome the island’s fifth bank into the Bermuda Bankers Association, the trade organisation for the industry.
A spokesman for the BBA confirmed that its members – Bermuda’s existing banks - have t...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Bermuda’s long-proposed digital bank has become a reality with a full banking licence that will allow it to provide core banking services, together with a licence under the Digital Asset Business Act.
Jewel Bank will begin operations from Victori...
DATE: Jun 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Banking
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor