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ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Financial Information Month in Anguilla
FIM Partners in Anguilla, having bounced back from the
impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, came together
to host FIM 2018. The partners started the month of
activities by worshipping together at the Church of God
Holiness on Sunday 30 September 2018. The highlight of the
month was the FIM Financial Fair on 19 October.
FIM 2018 Financial Fair - First from right: ECCB Monetary Council Member for Anguilla, the Hon Victor Banks; fourth from right - ECCB Board Member, Dr Aidan Harrigan
Transform citizen engagement and stakeholders’ relations management built on transparency, accountability and knowledge sharing
Financial Information Month (FIM) October 2018
“Conducting and Protecting Your Business in a Digital Environment” was the focus for Financial Information Month (FIM) 2018. The ECCB, in collaboration with 87 partners from the eight ECCB member countries
hosted a range of activities geared toward fulfilling the FIM theme of Financial Empowerment Through Education.
The activities focused on the following areas:
ƒ ƒ From standing in line to going online – information about online services offered by financial institutions;
ƒ ƒ New Currency: Cryptocurrency, Bitcoins, Digital Wallets…Are We Ready for the Transformation?;
ƒ ƒ Cyber security: use strong protection every time – how to protect oneself from identity theft, online fraud, hacking of accounts, guidelines for using ATM machines, credit cards and other online payment
platforms; and
ƒ ƒ Restructuring and transforming your business to take advantage of opportunities in the digital environment.
The activities which took place across the ECCU included: financial fairs, radio and television discussion programmes, children’s library hour and financial workshops, financial walkathon, visits to schools, small
business workshops, charity initiatives and the annual FIM Symposium.
Financial Information Month is a regional financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial education campaign executed in the ECCU since 2002, through the collaborative efforts of the Eastern Caribbean Central
Bank (ECCB), ECCU member governments, financial and academic institutions, the media, other private and public sector institutions and community-based groups. The month forms part of an ECCU financial and
economic education programme, executed by the ECCB in collaboration with partners from the ECCB member countries.