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#IWD2018 The Bank of Nova acknowledges and celebrates the accomplishments of Mrs. Annette Lestrade, Branch Manager, Fort Street, for her dedication and service over her tenure at the Bank. For approximately 30 years, Annette has held several positions at Scotiabank, most notably as Sales and Service Coach in Caribbean East where she provided direction and support to branches in 9 countries as well as her current role, Branch Manager, where

Part 2 We will discuss the effects of money laundering on people, the environment, and the economy in my next article. Here I respond to requests that I should go into more detail on two terms that we have been using, i.e., Money Laundering, (ML), and Financing of Terrorism, (FT). We will also mention Proliferation Financing, (PF). These constitute the three types of financial crime. Three Types of Financial Crime

Part 1 Every now and again we find out that Dominica, along with other Caribbean countries, has been either “blacklisted” or “greylisted” by some international body, whether it is the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) or FATF (Financial Action Task Force), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, or the EU (European Union). Background The OECD’s broad mandate is to assist its members with issues of economic

I was fortunate to speak at the Dominica State College, to the professional development seminar (PDS) class on the topic Personal Finances. This took me right back to my banking days. I thank them for affording me the opportunity to give back to my community and country.