Tag: e-transactions

ICTP 251:  Digital payment fraud, with Eldred F Garcia of First Atlantic Commerce

When it comes to making payments online, the convenience and ease of use of digital transactions have made them increasingly popular, and even essential, in today’s environment. Continuing with our Fintech in the Caribbean series, Eldred F Garcia, of First Atlantic Commerce (FAC), gives us an excellent primer on credit card payments. He also outlines the main types of payment fraud that FAC’s customers have been experiencing, and suggests how Caribbean MSMEs can participate more fully in the digital payments space, noting their limited resources.

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ICTP 245:  Facilitating financial inclusion whilst building a lifestyle platform, with John-Matthew Sinclair of Lynk

Lynk, a digital wallet, is the only approved wallet for Jamaica’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), JAM-DEX. Lynk’s Chief Product Officer, John-Matthew Sinclair joins us on the Podcast to discuss Lynk and its current offerings, along with: reasons for the seemingly slow adoption of JAM-DEX in Jamaica; the issue of financial inclusion in the Caribbean region and the barriers to entry beyond the AML and KYC requirements that must be followed, and new product offerings that are coming on stream, and what the future holds for Lynk.

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ICTP 244: The state of innovation/R&D and payment technology, and where are the Caribbean women in tech?

In our March 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, IT Specialist, Larissa Martin and eCaribbean Limited’s Managing Director, Rodney Browne, the panel discusses: The state of Innovation/R&D in the Caribbean; Why is payment technology still limited in the Caribbean? And where are the female tech leaders in the Caribbean?

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