Who’s Partnering

Ministry of Financial Services, Labour and Trade

The newly formed Ministry of Financial Services, Labour and Trade (MFSLT) strategically consolidates a diverse portfolio to address the complexities of the modern economy and optimise the business environment in the Virgin Islands. By integrating financial services, labour, trade, science and technology, digital transformation, statistical services and economic planning, the Ministry aims to streamline operations, improve coordination, and foster economic expansion, workforce productivity, and a thriving business ecosystem.

This strategic consolidation reflects the Government of the Virgin Islands' commitment to modernising its approach to economic development. It represents a dedicated effort to bolster the Virgin Islands' global competitiveness, ensuring inclusive and sustainable economic growth in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. 

Deputy Premier, Honourable Lorna G. Smith, OBE, leads the Ministry's portfolio as the Minister, while Ms. Petrona Davies serves as Permanent Secretary, responsible for the execution of policies and the overall administration of the Ministry.

BVI Finance

BVI ACO

Ministry of Finance Sint Maarten

BACO

Ministry of Economic Affairs

PROVEN Bank

PROVEN Bank is a member of the PROVEN Group of companies and is the premier client focused international bank in the region, offering a full suite of banking products and services to international and domestic clients in the Cayman Islands and international banking services from Saint Lucia.

PROVEN Bank (Cayman) Limited holds a Class A banking license and is regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). It offers banking solutions and services for personal, corporate & private banking including, but not limited to, business savings, operating current accounts, fixed deposits, credit and debit cards, consumer loans, mortgages, and merchant services.

A team of experienced and dedicated relationship managers provide excellent customer service from onboarding and account opening to continued service and support. We understand the unique nature and needs of the domestic market in the Cayman Islands as well as international clients who live, work, and conduct business in the Cayman Islands.

PROVEN Bank (Saint Lucia) Limited is global in scope, conservative in nature, and people-centred in our approach. We have remained a niche international bank, focused on our core competencies, delivering consistent and reliable results, and most importantly a trusted financial partner for our clients. 

PROVEN Bank (Saint Lucia) Limited is a financial services company incorporated in Saint Lucia and licensed under the International Banks Act, Cap. 12.17, as a Class A Bank. This license allows the Bank to conduct international banking operations in the international markets. We are regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA). Through our parent company, the Bank is regulated on a consolidated basis by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). 

At PROVEN Bank we pride ourselves on building long-lasting relationships with our customers while understanding their banking needs and goals. Our management style is very hands-on and proactive. We recognise the needs of our clients and market conditions will continue to evolve and grow over time and as such we are committed to expanding our service offerings and investing in digital banking to cater to the diverse needs of our clients while providing a superior banking experience.

BDO Dutch Caribbean

BDO Dutch Caribbean is a leading firm in accountancy, tax, and advisory services, with offices in Curaçao, Bonaire, and St. Maarten, extending our reach to Saba and St. Eustatius. Our global vision, "Global solutions. Driven to be the best," reflects our commitment to fostering a people-first culture. We believe that our success lies in nurturing a conscientious, innovative environment where our professionals excel. By empowering our team with flexibility and fostering innovation, we ensure that our clients receive insightful, result-oriented services that go beyond the ordinary, driving growth for both our clients and our communities.

Insurance Company of The Bahamas

The Insurance Commission of The Bahamas was established on July 2, 2009, under The Insurance Act 2005, Chapter 347. It is responsible for the regulation and control of all insurers and intermediaries in The Bahamas. As both the prudential and market conduct regulator, the purpose of the Commission is to ensure a sound and stable insurance marketplace and maintain consumer confidence in the industry.

The Commission's mandate includes the administration of the 2005 Insurance Act and the 2009 External Insurance Act, insurance market surveillance, promotion and encouragement of sound and prudent insurance management and business practices, providing advice to the Minister of Finance on insurance matters, and ensuring compliance with the Financial Transactions Reporting Act and Anti-Money Laundering legislation.

The mission of the Commission is to protect the interests of stakeholders, through effective regulation and supervision of the insurance industry in The Bahamas. The vision of the Commission is to ensure consumer confidence. The core values and beliefs of the Commission are:

Trust is Our Cornerstone. Integrity, Our Commitment. Accountability, Our Promise.

The purpose of the Commission is to strengthen the protection given to policyholders under the existing act, to increase the capital and solvency requirements of insurance companies, to expand the existing regulatory framework, to provide for the establishment of a supervisory authority, to include the regulation of all insurance intermediaries, and to give effect to related matters.

AML Partners

The Power of Everything in AML Compliance & GRC

RegTechONE, the RegTech software platform, delivers exceptional CLM / KYC / AML Compliance software solutions as well as comprehensive Governance, Risk, Screening and Case Investigative workflow solutions.  RegTechONE is the single RegTech platform for every GRC need, and with true no-code configurability and platform agility, end-users configure RegTechONE to their precise requirements.

RegTechONE is a multi-module centralized platform used to streamline & Digitize manual CLM / KYC / Risk / Screening / Case Investigation problem areas.   RegTechONE is a single solution for your entire AML/KYC/eGRC network of processes, and each Module can be activated when budgets and agendas are aligned.  Many clients start with the CLM / KYC – CDD Module or RDS (Country Risk) Module and then over subsequent years, activate the next relevant module; establishing internal controls and enabling one dashboard overview of all relevant processes.

Winston & Strawn LLP

Winston & Strawn LLP is a global law firm with 900+ attorneys across 16 offices in Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. The exceptional depth and geographic reach of our resources enable the firm to manage virtually every type of business-related legal issue. Our attorneys take time to learn about our clients’ organizations and their business objectives and collaborate seamlessly to respond quickly and effectively to our clients’ needs.

Visit our website www.winston.com to learn more.

Grant Thornton Sint Maarten

Grant Thornton Sint Maarten forms part of the Grant Thornton International network.

We are a global leading provider of audit, tax, and advisory services. With 140+ offices across the world, from which 23 offices are in the Caribbean, our local presence in the Caribbean region is unmatched. By working closely together across our service lines, we offer our clients the added value they are looking for.

Here, we believe in making business more personal. This gives us the ability to grow our relationship with you. Leading to richer insights, sharper advice, and more opportunities for your business.

We're ready to help you face challenges of every size and industry.

Gibson & Associates

Gibson & Associates is the oldest continuously operating law firm on St. Maarten. Our attorneys provide legal services at the highest level, covering a broad spectrum of the law, including corporate law, telecommunications law, banking law, insurance law, administrative and environmental law, trademark registration, criminal law, immigration law, debt collection, family law, and general civil law. Our attorneys also act as trustees/receivers in bankruptcies. We can assist you with establishing your business and obtaining all required permits to legally conduct business on St. Maarten. Our attorneys are available to guide and assist you in all your legal matters at the right time and at any moment.

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Benesch is a business law firm and limited liability partnership with more than 400 attorneys and offices in the United States. The firm is known for providing highly sophisticated legal services to national and international clients that include public and private, middle market and emerging companies, businesses, organizations, and governments. Our White-Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group includes former federal and state prosecutors, former members of public defender and attorney general offices, experienced trial and appellate lawyers, investigators, regulators and securities, sanctions, antitrust, and compliance-focused lawyers.

The BVI Association of Registered Agents

The Association of Registered Agents works to be the link between the professionals working in the financial services industry and the British Virgin Islands Government, the Regulators and all other BVI competent authorities.  The Association tries to ensure smooth communication and interaction between those parties with the aim to:

- to further the development of the BVI as an international corporate, trust and financial center;

- to formulate and maintain a code of conduct for members to preserve and promote the BVI's integrity and reputation;

- to encourage clients of members to carry out their respective functions and objectives in an ethical manner consistent with the best practices and interests of the BVI and the international business community;

- to foster and co-ordinate the common interests of its members in relation to the Government and the public; and

- to promote the education, training and participation of British Virgin Islanders in the financial services sector

Trans World Compliance

Trans World Compliance (TWC) assists tax authorities, financial institutions, and MNE’s in combating tax avoidance and evasion with world-class rule-based technology for EOI on request, Spontaneous EOI (ETR), and AEOI (FATCA, CRS, CbC, and other exchange types). The estimated $427 billion of missed tax revenue is the driving force for global economies to pursue this issue aggressively. TWC’s solutions provide all stakeholders with the tools to fight for a more equal and just world while improving efficiency and lowering costs. We are in the right place and time and have the solutions to assist with this worthwhile cause.

Bluelinq

Bluelinq (BLQ) is dedicated to enhancing your KYC and KYB verification by delivering seamless, secure, and efficient solutions tailored to your evolving digital onboarding needs. Our digital identity verification tools are designed to enhance user experience, drive business growth, and mitigate risk.

Our robust platform ensures:

• Efficient Onboarding: Quickly verify identities with basic ID&V in seconds and perform comprehensive KYC with precision for new customers or during file remediation.
• Enhanced Risk Assessment: Review and update customer data to meet regulatory standards and assess risk accurately.
• Advanced Fraud Detection: Conduct in-depth analyses on Government issued documents, leveraging advanced checks for authenticity and security to ensure the highest fraud detection accuracy.
• Global Reach: Onboard customers from around the world with a secure and streamlined process.

BLQ envisions to be the leading digital identity verification and risk assessment solution in the Caribbean, transforming complex, time-consuming paperwork into a secure, digital experience. With BLQ, you focus on your business growth while we handle the intricacies of KYC with accuracy and efficiency.

HLSCC Robert Mathavious Institute for Financial Services

The HLSCC Robert Mathavious Institute for Financial Services (RMI) is the only professional qualification centre in the British Virgin Islands. For more than 20 years, it has been providing training, education, and professional development opportunities to support the financial services industry and during this period, hundreds of persons have obtained internationally recognised professional qualifications and the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to function as competent professionals in the banking, trust, insurance, public service and other industries.

The RMI has conducted courses in individual subject areas that are examined by professional organisations such as the International Compliance Association (ICA), The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). The RMI also offer several introductory courses in areas such as compliance, financial services, and corporate governance, as well as short trainings such as Risk Management, Understanding Financial Statements and Emotional Intelligence. It has a unique FinTech Training Programme, which includes a capstone and conducts several webinars, seminars, and workshops throughout the year.

Infinite Investment Systems

Infinite Investment Systems has been servicing investment management firms since 2004, when our portfolio management system Harmony™ was launched. Our goal is to provide our clients with comprehensive solutions paired with a superior level of service and support. The extensive experience of our dynamic team in both the financial industry and software engineering, ensures that our clients are well-served by both our technology solutions and by our service.

Our experience and expertise within the investment management industry means that our products regularly evolve to meet new regulatory and industry mandates. We are committed to keeping our clients ahead of potential operational pitfalls and limitations. Importantly, we work with each of our clients to ensure that our solutions accommodate and are in line with business growth and evolving needs and requirements.

Compliance Caribbean

Compliance Caribbean is based in Curaçao, a strategic location that allows them to provide comprehensive compliance services specifically tailored to the Dutch Caribbean region. Compliance Caribbean has extensive knowledge and over 25 years of experience in the local regulatory frameworks and requirements of Curaçao and the surrounding islands. 

This localized understanding enables them to effectively assist businesses and financial institutions in the Dutch Caribbean in complying with the unique regulatory landscape of the region. 

Compliance Caribbean's Integrity Suite is a digital programma of services, that empower businesses in the Caribbean to uphold high ethical standards and combat fraud and corruption. With a focus on promoting integrity and transparency, this suite offers a range of services including 

• Screen-IT: integrity screening
• compliance, ethics and integrity training
• iReport: end-to-end external whistleblowing solution 
• PEP Caribbean: database with (dutch) Caribbean PEPs
• Compli, our latest addition to the programma enabling SME’s to manage their compliance 

Compliance Caribbean's commitment to integrity makes them a trusted partner for businesses seeking to maintain the highest ethical standards in the Caribbean region.

Illises Entertainment Equipment Services

Since 2008, Illises Entertainment Equipment Services (I.E.E.S.) has been the go-to provider for top-tier entertainment equipment solutions. Officially established in 2017, I.E.E.S. brings a passion for lighting, staging, and effects to a diverse range of events, including corporate functions, weddings, concerts, and more. 

Located on the vibrant Golden Rock island, Sint Eustatius, we have built a reputation for delivering exceptional service and cutting-edge equipment that transforms any event into a memorable spectacle. 

Choose I.E.E.S. to elevate your event beyond the ordinary with our unmatched expertise and dedication.

Nagico

The NAGICO Group operates in 21 territories in the Caribbean, providing property, motor, life, and health insurance risk solutions to individuals and companies. NAGICO is committed to the region and prides itself on being Fast, Fair and Always There in every aspect of its business and engagement.  To learn more, visit NAGICO at www.nagico.com or on their social media platforms (linkedin.com/in/nagicoinsurances/).

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions harnesses the power of data and advanced analytics to provide insights that help businesses and governmental entities reduce risk and improve decisions to benefit people around the globe. We provide data and technology solutions for a wide range of industries including insurance, financial services, healthcare and government. Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Georgia, USA, we have offices throughout the world and are part of RELX (LSE: REL/NYSE: RELX), a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. For more information, please visit www.risk.lexisnexis.com, and www.relx.com.

Truth Technologies Inc.

For over 25 years, Truth Technologies has helped 900+ global institutions expand business growth without increasing risk exposure. With our robust databases of entities, the Sentinel Compliance Platform provides cost efficient AML/KYC solutions that mitigate costly risk. Our sanctions expertise helps your company efficiently screen transactions, entities, and third-party relationships. Learn more on how to get access to the most advanced and state-of-the-art compliance software in the industry. 

Truth Technologies - Excellence in Risk Compliance since 1996

Winward Islands Airways International

Guy Carpenter

Driven by innovation. Powered by purpose. Guy Carpenter brings together unmatched insights with bespoke solutions to help clients meet the challenges of our time.

An industry leader who understands your business, as you confront ever-evolving risks, Guy Carpenter delivers a powerful combination of reinsurance broking expertise, capital solutions, strategic advisory services and industry-leading analytics.

We are the world's top specialists in risk transfer, new forms of capital, and actuarial science and analytics—bringing our expertise to bear on your most complex challenges.

Orco Bank

Orco Bank was founded in 1986 and offers a complete personal and commercial banking package with operations in Curaçao, Bonaire and Sint Maarten. Orco Bank offers banking products such as current account and savings accounts, but also credit cards, loans (e.g. personal and car loans), mortgages and insurances (broker) to personal customers, while also offering corporate customers the value-added financial services such as corporate credit facilities, insurances and time-deposits Our focus is to provide personalized service and an enhanced customer experience to our customers, to ensure high compliance standards, and to maintain stringent portfolio management in compliance with guidelines and regulations of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS) and De Nederlansche Bank (DNB).

Sterling Compliance Limited

National Bank of the Virgin Islands

As a leading financial services provider, we are dedicated to delivering personalised service that exceeds expectations. Understanding our customers’ diverse financial needs, we offer specialised services and resources to help them achieve their goals. Both individual and business customers are encouraged to explore our comprehensive range of savings and borrowing solutions.

We are committed to continually expanding our services to create value for every customer, reinforcing our identity as a customer-centric bank. Our mission is to assist everyone in advancing their financial standing, making banking more convenient, simple, and human.

Our extensive range of products and services is designed to meet versatile needs. Whether growing savings, managing day-to-day expenses, preparing for retirement, or instilling good money habits in children, we provide the right solutions. For businesses, our tailored financial services support cash flow management, growth and expansion financing, operational efficiency improvements, and financial risk mitigation.

Choose the National Bank of the Virgin Islands to experience banking prioritising success.

The Anguilla Tourist Board

About Anguilla

Tucked away in the northern Caribbean, Anguilla is a shy beauty with a warm smile. A slender length of coral and limestone fringed with green, the island is ringed with 33 beaches, considered by savvy travelers and top travel magazines, to be the most beautiful in the world. A fantastic culinary scene, a wide variety of quality accommodations at varying price points, a host of attractions and exciting calendar of festivals make Anguilla an alluring and entrancing destination.  Anguilla lies just off the beaten path, so it has retained a charming character and appeal. Yet because it can be

conveniently reached from three major gateways – Miami, FL (MIA), Puerto Rico (SJU), and St. Martin, (SXM), and by private air, it’s a hop and a skip away.  Romance? Barefoot elegance? Unfussy chic? And untrammeled bliss? Lose The Crowd. Find Yourself.

In Anguilla.

Guidehouse

Guidehouse is a leading provider of consulting services with broad capabilities in management, technology and risk consulting. Our financial crime consultants work with global financial institutions and fintechs to build effective and efficient risk management and compliance programs. In response to heightened regulatory scrutiny of anti-money laundering (AML), know your customer (KYC) and anti-terrorist financing policies, companies turn to Guidehouse to defend their enterprises and protect against legal, fiduciary, shareholder and reputational risk. Whether a client needs to improve sanctions compliance, enhance transaction monitoring or drive convergence between AML and fraud functions, we’ve helped similar companies overcome these challenges by driving pragmatic and right-sized solutions tailored to their risk management profile.

Headquartered in McLean, VA, Guidehouse has more than 17,000 professionals in over 55 locations globally.

Alcogal

Aleman, Cordero, Galindo, and Lee (Alcogal) is a highly reputable law firm that provides comprehensive legal services in banking and finance, M&A, litigation, offshore services, and other business-related matters.

At our core, we boast extensive proficiency in serving banking institutions and multinational corporations. We take great pride in representing some of the largest foreign and locally owned banks operating within Panama's financial landscape.  In addition to our banking expertise, we also excel in handling Mergers & Acquisitions, participating in the largest and most complex M&A transactions in the country.  We also have a leading litigation team, providing guidance and strategic counsel to companies and individuals. Alcogal is also a highly experienced energy and telecom in Panama, advising the largest players in the market.

Our reputation for delivering prompt, efficient, business oriented and sound legal advice is well-earned. Our highly skilled attorneys have extensive knowledge and experience in Panamanian law, ensuring that our clients receive exemplary representation.

Smith Compliance Consulting

Our goal is to help you achieve better compliance, having worked directly as a Compliance Officer facing regulators, lobbying for legislative changes, managing inspections and enabling ongoing compliance. Our in-depth knowledge and 30 years of financial services experience in North America will go far to implement a tailored solution to you.

If you are setting up a new business in Barbados and require guidance, creating a compliance program from scratch, desirous of enhancing your current documentation or seeking an engaging facilitator to provide various types of training to your staff or Board, Smith Compliance Consulting Inc. will do the work for you.

Smith Compliance Consulting Inc. leads independent AML and Operational Risk assessments, develops custom training, creates policies and procedures, manages board self-assessments, organizes compliance program plans and manuals, designs testing and monitoring plans, facilitates remediation projects to resolve audit or inspection corrective actions, and conducts independent testing to broaden the scope for existing compliance departments.

Hiring a proven and competent consultant is a smart and cost-effective alternative for business operations that do not require a full-time employee, but do require periodic expert assistance. Changing legislation requires a subject matter expert to develop a sound and robust regulatory program to meet your obligations. You may not need a full-time compliance or Anti-Money Laundering specialist; however, you do need to comply with the laws and have a program in place.

Association of Compliance Officers Curacao (ACCUR)

IFC Media

Since its establishment in 2006, IFC Media has been the leading publishing house for the global wealth management industry. Representing international finance centres across the globe while creating a comprehensive archive of commentary, analysis and technical articles, IFC Media publications include the flagship IFC Review annual, the biannual IFC Economic Report and regional reviews such as Invest Africa, Caribbean Review and Asia Pacific Review.

Supplementing our hard copy publications is ifcreview.com, which houses the monthly IFC Review E-Journal and the IFC Review digital library and archive. Created as an online resource for wealth management professionals, ifcreview.com combines reference materials with highly technical articles and thought-provoking commentary from industry leading contributors. With continually updated coverage from over 30 international finance centres and daily news bulletins, ifcreview.com is a one-stop-shop for wealth management professionals right across the globe.

IFC Media delivers an integrated knowledge base for the world’s leading IFCs and their wealth management professionals.