{"id":156535,"date":"2021-03-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=156535"},"modified":"2021-02-28T18:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T23:07:15","slug":"roundup-for-the-week-ending-28-february-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2021\/03\/roundup-for-the-week-ending-28-february-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: for the week ending 28 February 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 22 February to Sunday 28 February 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 The two Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) trade unions yesterday voiced hope for better industrial relations with appointment of a Bahamian as chief executive once again\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bahamas<\/em> \u2013 A few lucky customers of Island Pay Ltd (Island Pay) were recently rewarded with a prepaid MasterCard debit card loaded with $500\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Barbadian social media platforms were buzzing this week because everyone wanted to know who released a questionable document containing the names, addresses, and statuses of over a hundred COVID-19 cases in Barbados\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbados <\/em>\u2013 Dario Greenidge believes entrepreneurship backed by crowdfunding may hold the key to changing Barbados’ financial future\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 In August 2020, the Financial Services (Regulatory Sandbox) Regulations 2020 (the “Regulations”) came into force in the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI”) to launch a regulatory sandbox (the “Regulatory Sandbox”) designed to support and facilitate innovation in the financial technology sector and allow businesses to trial new products and services which amount to “Innovative FinTech”… more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nMonday, 22 February 2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
BTC Goes Bahamian On New Top Executive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Island Pay celebrates Mastercard prepaid debit card partnership with customer giveaway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
EDITORIAL: CONFIDENTIALITY IN AN AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Entrepreneur thinks crowdfunding is the way out of economic crisis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
BVI Regulatory Sandbox Launched To Support Innovative FinTech<\/h4>\n\n\n\n