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BOB accused of ‘negligence’ on $154k transfers
Bank of the Bahamas has been accused of negligence in facilitating the unauthorised transfer of $154,000 from an account belonging to a commercial client.
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Inactive account owners face 60% reclaim time cut
The Central Bank is proposing to slash by 60 per cent the time allowed for owners of some $86 million in inactive accounts to claim their funds, as it moves “more in line” with global standards.
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Central Bank’s ‘inclusion’ aid for politically exposed
The Central Bank is moving to ensure politically exposed persons (PEPs) are “not excluded” from the Bahamian banking system by making scrutiny of them “more client friendly”.
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HSBC’s Bahamian data ‘overblown’
Revelations that 55 Bahamian passport holders hold accounts at HSBC Switzerland appear to be “overblown”, the Minister of Financial Services
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$41m instant financing for Disaster Relief Fund
The Prime Minister yesterday said reform of the dormant bank accounts regime will immediately release $41.3m to help create a Bahamian Disaster Relief Fund.
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Satellite Bahamas 'earned $8.8m via signal piracy'
Satellite Bahamas received almost $8.8 million in revenues through its allegedly fraudulent scheme to ‘pirate’ the signal of the US’ largest satellite broadcaster.
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Water Corp’s main supplier debt near $20m by March 1
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s debts to its main supplier rose by 17 percent over the two months to end-February 2021 to reach almost $20m, it was revealed last night.
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Accountants chief: We can help in a disaster
The Bahamas must create a “pre-disaster planning council” involving multiple government agencies following Hurricane Dorian, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) president said yesterday. Diveane Bowe, speaking during the annual Acc
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Accounts manager pleads guilty to stealing
AN accounts manager who initially denied stealing nearly $200,000 from her place of employment has changed her plea to guilty.
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Accountants urged to protect ‘privilege’ of self-regulation
The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (BICA) president yesterday said accountants must strive to protect the profession’s “privilege” of self-regulation, adding that it was dealing “internally” with challenges surrounding its June annual general meeting (AGM).
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Water Corp debt to main supplier grows to $16.6m
The Water & Sewerage Corporation's outstanding debts to its main BISX-listed reverse osmosis supplier increased slightly to $16.6m during the 2023 first quarter despite government pledges to eliminate this, it was revealed yesterday.
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Institution of failed processes, says damning 2011 audit of COB
AS the College of the Bahamas prepares to transition into a university, a recent draft audit report paints a damning image of its internal control processes and accounting procedures.
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Commercial banks'still trying to gethands around FATCA'
Bahamian commercial banks are "still trying to put our hands totally around" the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Tribune Business was told
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Accountants meet leading officials
Members of the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (BICA) newly-elected Council recently paid courtesy calls on Michael Halkitis, minister of state for finance, and the Superintendent of the Insurance Commission, Michele Fields. These meetings were held on July 30 and July 31, 2012, respectively.
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Regulator waives separate accounts demand on Cable
Regulators last night agreed to “defer” their demand that Cable Bahamas publish separate accounts for its different business units, agreeing that this was unnecessary because the company did not provide services to rival operators.
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Gov't accounting shift eyes 2023 completion
The Government is aiming to complete the shift to accrual-based accounting, and full compliance with global public sector financial reporting standards, by mid-2023, it was revealed yesterday.
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Getting public sector ‘on board’ with its accounting
The Government’s ‘concept paper’ on improving public sector accounting standards is part of international efforts to assist the country, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) president said yesterday.
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BICA urges: ‘Move Business Licence into 21st century’
The Government is being urged to “move Business Licence accounting into the 21st century” by amending the Act so that key terms conform with international standards.
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Moultrie: AG Pinder ‘over-reaching’ on PAC
FORMER House Speaker Halson Moultrie believes Attorney General Ryan Pinder is indirectly trying to overturn his 2021 decision on the Public Accounts Committee.
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RBC’s $22m payment suspicion ‘reasonable’
The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled it was “reasonable” for Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to find that $21.957m paid to a Bahamian businessman by a Slovakian he has never met for investment in his sand mining venture was “suspicious”.