00:00Trinidad, based on those financial numbers, would have contributed 27% of the group's total revenue.
00:08Three, two, one.
00:13CEO of JMMB Group Trinidad and Tobago, Sean Moses, as he brought remarks during the simple ceremony.
00:21Chief Secretary Farley-Akustin said the opening of the branch was timely in light of Tobago's budget to be read on Monday, June 23rd.
00:30I'm happy that this is happening just under a week away from when we have our Tobago budget being read.
00:40Just about a week and a half or so away from when the Secretary of Finance will also be launching for the first time.
00:48Well, next week, Tuesday, launching for the first time our loan guarantee program for businesses here in Tobago.
00:59So you are coming at a time when quite a lot is actually happening for the economic space that is Tobago.
01:05Mr. Agustin said the opening of JMMB Bank has come at a time when many businesses remain shot following the COVID-19 pandemic,
01:15with many still reeling from bad credit.
01:19We welcome the fact that you are willing to work with people who might come from a place with bad credit.
01:26Because not so long ago we were enduring an issue called COVID.
01:32And given that we have an economy that is so heavily reliant on tourism imports and the tertiary sector, service sector,
01:43it meant that very many people lost incomes during COVID.
01:48The bank opens officially from 9 a.m. on Monday.
01:51Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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