Barclays’ new ATMs let you withdraw money with your phone
By Matt Brian From engadget Contactless technology is, we’re told, destined to replace physical currency. In the meantime, you’ll soon be able to use your phone to withdraw cash from an ATM — if you’re with Barclays that is. The…
Cayman Islands Finance Minister’s speech to Professional Development Week
Navigating the Future: Challenges Ahead By Honourable Marco Archer Minister for Finance and Economic Development 24 November 2016 Introduction Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed my pleasure to have been invited to speak this morning, Day 2 of…
Autonomous cars coming to Boston’s roads with Nutonomy starting trials there
By Victoria Hosingapore Fresh from kicking off driverless trials in Singapore, Nutonomy is headed home to Boston to test its autonomous vehicles there. The company has already obtained permission, and will run its cars at an unspecified date in the…
Pope Francis grieves, prays for atheist revolutionary Castro
From Newsmax Pope Francis said the death of Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was “sad news” and that he was grieving and praying for his repose. Francis expressed his condolences in a Spanish-language message to Fidel’s brother, President Raul Castro…
Google opens new AI lab and invests $3.4M in Montreal-based AI research
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch Google has invested a total of $4.5 million CAD ($3.4M US) in AI research in Montreal’s Institute for Learning Algorithms, with an academic fund covering three years that will help pay for seven faculty members…
Fun in the desert this fall leads to fun in the sun in the Spring in the Cayman Islands for IMA Conference attendees
What happens in Vegas usually stays in Vegas, unless while you’re there you happen to win a trip to the Cayman Islands! Cayman Enterprise City, a special economic zone that is home to more than 180 businesses, teamed up with…
Richard Branson shares the first question he asks every entrepreneur who comes to him for advice
By Richard Feloni From Business Insider In many ways, Richard Branson is the prototypical entrepreneur. Since starting the Virgin Group 46 years ago, he’s overseen hundreds of companies around the world, in a wide range of industries, bearing the Virgin…
Cute Chinese robot loses control, smashes window and injures someone
By Victoria Ho/Singapore From Mashable A Chinese-made robot had an accident at a Shenzhen tech trade fair over the weekend, smashing a glass window and injuring someone standing nearby. On Friday the robot, which its maker, Beijing Science and Technology,…
Obama says history will judge Castro’s impact on world
From Newsmax U.S. President Barack Obama in a statement on Saturday offered his condolences to Fidel Castro’s family and added that history would judge Castro’s impact on Cuba and around the world. “At this time of Fidel Castro’s passing, we…
Cayman Islands MHA corrects media coverage misrepresentation of facts
Statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs in Regards to Publication on Prison Service Following the recent ruling by the Gender Equality Tribunal involving Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service, and certain media coverage that misrepresented the facts of the…
