
Leveraging Telecom Infrastructure in Advancing Financial Inclusion
As digital financial solutions and mobile money become more common in the Caribbean region, how can T&T leverage its investment into its telecom infrastructure to meet the needs of the underbanked and unbanked?
This was one of the compelling questions ...

Addressing The Gender Gap In Financial Inclusion
Addressing The Gender Gap In Financial Inclusion
“Women, in particular, often bear the brunt of poverty and limited access to economic opportunity, including unfavorable financial access. Inequality is not just a moral issue—it is a macroeconomic issue. Growth has to ...

EFT 101: Understanding the basics of Electronic Funds Transfer
EFT 101: Understanding the basics of Electronic Funds Transfer
by TTIFC Staff Writer
Electronic Payments
Electronic payments refer to any non-cash and non-paper-based means of making a payment. The ability to complete financial transactions via electronic means has ...

Article: Digitisation vs Digitalisation: : The Building Blocks of Digital Transformation
Digitisation vs. Digitalisation: The Building Blocks of Digital Transformation
By TTIFC Staff Writer
Over time, the terms digitisation and digitalisation have become increasingly common as more governments are working to digitally transform their economies. Although both concepts are ...

Digital Transformation = Economic Transformation
Digital Transformation = Economic Transformation
“A double-sided Equation”
By TTIFC, Staff Writer, January 2022
” Universal access to financial services is within reach—thanks to new technologies, transformative business models and ambitious reforms… As early as 2020, such instruments as ...

Government Digitalisation: The Way Forward
Government Digitalisation: The Way Forward
By TTIFC, Staff Writer, December 2021
Governments across the world are embracing a wide range of new technologies to advance the digitalisation of their services. Traditional public service methods are generally fraught with several ...

Go cashless this Christmas
The Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre (TTIFC) is working to ensure that Trinidad and Tobago becomes a cashless society by 2022/3. A Cashless Society is one where there is less reliance on cash. It is ...