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← Older posts Newer posts →N.E.M. Comes Home to Jamaica National
As of May 1, you are going to see significant changes at N.E.M. Insurance Company, says Chris Hind, General Manager. On that date, N.E.M. will change its name to JN General Insurance Company Limited (JNGI), he stated. The move is … Continue reading
Posted in News, News, Subsidiaries | Leave a commentJNBS Extends 9.4 per cent Mortgage Special – Wanica Purkiss
Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) has extended its 9.4 percent special residential mortgage offer beyond the April 30 deadline, said Wanica Purkiss, Executive, Mortgage Operations and Representatives Offices. Mrs. Purkiss said the extension was in response to an “overwhelming demand” … Continue reading
Posted in News, News | Leave a commentQ&A About the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
Q: What is FATCA? A: FATCA is the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act that has been enacted by the US Government, and will come into effect as of January 2013. Q: What is FATCA about? A: The US law calls … Continue reading
Posted in News, News, Subsidiaries | Leave a commentJN Money Transfer Ramps up Business Overseas
JN Money Transfer, the international remittance brand owned and operated by the Jamaican-based JN Money Services Limited, has been broadening its customer base in some major markets outside Jamaica, as customers recruit new money transfer users. The company launched a … Continue reading
Posted in News, News, Subsidiaries | Leave a commentBuild More Affordable Houses – Earl Samuels
Earl Samuels, Assistant General Manager of Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), is urging developers to build more houses that middle income earners can afford. The Jamaican economy has not grown much during the last decade; and, is unlikely to grow … Continue reading
Posted in News, News | Leave a commentVMBS and JNBS Creating Centres of Excellence
Improved management, higher levels of academic performance, structured guidance programmes, and upgraded facilities, are some of the achievements recorded by the Centres of Excellence initiative implemented in six rural high schools by the Mutual Building Societies Foundation (MBSF) established by … Continue reading
Posted in News, News | Leave a commentJNBS and Alliance Française de la Jamaïque promote francophone cultures
Carlton Barclay (right), Deputy General Manager, Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), makes a gesture of unity with Fethi Tabet (centre), Algerian-born singer and instrumentalist, on a visit to the JNBS Chief Office in Half- Way-Tree on March 23, by the … Continue reading
Posted in News, News | 1 CommentJamaica Can Manage its Way to Prosperity – Earl Jarrett
Jamaica possesses the management capabilities to put the country on a competitive level with existing global pacesetters, said Earl Jarrett, after his selection as the Jamaica Institute of Management (JIM)/Gleaner Manager of the Year for 2011, in a ceremony at … Continue reading
Posted in News, News | Leave a commentJNBS Holds LIVE By JN Sign-Up Sessions for Canadian Members
Jamaica National’s Representative Office in Canada will be holding LIVE By JN sign-up sessions at its Eglinton Avenue, West Toronto Office from April 10 to facilitate members registering to use the JNBS internet banking portal, LIVE by JN. Harrington Stephenson, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Overseas | Leave a commentGranville Youth Photographer gets Professional Training
Michka Walters, a 19 year-old participant in the Granville Resolution Project, got a chance to focus her photographic skills at the recently (March 31 to April 1) concluded Social Calendar JA Photographic Workshop, which was held at the University of … Continue reading
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