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BMCLA urges banks to rethink stance after US reclassifies ganja
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (718+ words) Barbados's medicinal cannabis regulator has again pressed banks to open their doors to the industry, seizing on Washington's decision to downgrade cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance as fresh grounds for reform " even as commercial lenders…...
Exclusive: Regulator links uninsured vehicle surge to affordability, not enforcement failure
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (878+ words) Financial Services Commission CEO Warrick Ward. (SZB) Tens of thousands of Barbadians are driving uninsured vehicles, leaving victims of road accidents exposed to financial hardship " a crisis fuelled more by unaffordable premiums and weaknesses in the island's insurance market than…...