{"id":252475,"date":"2025-10-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=252475"},"modified":"2025-10-04T09:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T13:46:37","slug":"financial-information-month-festival-2025-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/financial-information-month-festival-2025-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Information Month Festival 2025 Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) officially launched Financial Information Month (FIM) Festival 2025<\/strong><\/a> on 30 September with a regional media event that brought together banking partners, students, educators, government representatives, and media practitioners from across the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).<\/p>

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The event marked the start of a month-long calendar of activities in October, designed to strengthen communities and empower citizens to move from being Savers to Investors<\/em>: the focus of this year\u2019s FIM Festival.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputy Governor, Dr Valda F. Henry delivered the opening remarks, grounding her message in the ECCB\u2019s core mission.  \u201cWith the ECCB\u2019s Mission Statement\u2014\u2018Advancing the good of the people of the currency union by maintaining monetary and financial stability and promoting growth and development\u2019\u2014at the heart of everything we do, we have worked to make access to banking simpler and more inclusive,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>

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The Deputy Governor highlighted key initiatives such as the First Step Savings Account<\/a>, designed to bring more citizens into the formal banking system, and the launch of the Regional Government Securities Market (RGSM) Retail Bond Initiative<\/a>, which she said would ensure that even more people in the ECCU can move from being Savers to Investors<\/em>.<\/strong>                                                  <\/p>

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The launch, chaired by Director of the Corporate Relations Department, Shermalon Kirby, also featured presentations from regional and sectoral partners, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Corporate Communications Officer, Ministry of Finance, Grenada – Dwight Sampson, who presented on Wealth Creation<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Communications Officer, Shana Derrick (affectionately known as Aunty Shana<\/em> from the popular ECCB Children\u2019s Connection Radio Programme), who delivered the monologue \u201cMe Want to Grow My Wealth\u201d<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Fiscal and Debt Specialist, Research, Statistics and Data Analytics Department, Juletta Edinborough –  presentation on the ECCU Retail Bond Initiative;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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