ECCB 2025-2026 Annual Report

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2025 - 2026

Organisational Effectiveness and Development

CFT Governance’, with a focus on the ECCB’s five pillar approach to effective oversight and the implementation of controls.

strategies for effectively communicating and responding to financial crime risks. The training provided theoretical guidance to LFIs to support the development and completion of institutional ML/TF/PF risk assessments. c. AML/CFT/CPF Training for the Judiciary - Over the period 28 July - 1 August 2025, the ECCB facilitated a five-day Caribbean Development Bank- funded workshop, hosted in conjunction with the RSS, which helped to strengthen AML/CFT/CPF capacity across the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Participants included judges, magistrates, prosecutors, senior crown counsel and financial investigators. The workshop directly addressed deficiencies identified in countries’ Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) 4 th Round Mutual Evaluation findings, with a focus on Immediate Outcomes 7 to 9. It provided practical guidance on investigative and prosecutorial processes, including confiscation and terrorist financing. This initiative significantly strengthened legal sector capacity, reduced regional ML/TF/PF risks, and reinforced the integrity of OECS financial systems. d. Contribution to Regional Gender-Lens Investing Dialogue - The ECCB contributed to a series of one-day workshops hosted by the United Nations (UN) Women Multi Country Office for the Caribbean titled: “Unlocking the Potential of Women MSMEs through Inclusive Financial Services.” Held in Saint Lucia (9 September 2025) and Antigua and Barbuda (12 September 2025), the sessions focused on Gender-Lens Investing to enhance financial inclusion for women

Regional Collaboration Collaboration and cooperation forms part of an effective AML/CFT/CPF Supervisory framework. It seeks to foster mutual accountability, synergy leading to innovative solutions to address common challenges. During 2025, the ECCB engaged in the following collaborative initiatives: a. Stakeholder Meeting with the Regional Security System (January and February 2025) - The ECCB held a series of collaborative meetings with the Regional Security System to address several critical issues aimed at strengthening financial investigations and enhancing supervision related to AML/CFT/CPF within the ECCU. The discussions focused on the following key areas: i. Judicial training for stakeholders within the ECCU; ii. Capacity building related to virtual assets; iii. Strengthening the AML/CFT/CPF Supervisory framework for DNFBPs; iv. Improving the quality of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and investigative practices; and v. Conduct of a regional ML/TF/PF risk assessment. b. Institutional ML/TF/PF Risk Assessment Training – In June 2025, the ECCB, in collaboration with ACAMs, hosted a two day virtual regional training focused on ML/ TF/PF risk assessment methodologies, the evaluation of internal controls, and

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