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Online banking arrives in Cuba on the back of improved Internet access and a growing private sector.
Private entrepreneurs in Cuba are benefiting from new bank services launched on Monday, as the private sector experiences a boom, prompted by the government’s partial deregulation of economic policies in recent years.
In a first, self-employed workers will now be able to manage their accounts online, said Director Greicher La Nuez from the Popular Bank of Saving (BPA), meaning no more waiting in long bank queues.
This services is now possible thanks to growing internet access, developed over the past few months.
La Nuez added that the bank is also looking at ways to allow business owners to pay their employees via remote banking.
Another service on trial, she said, would allow workers from the private sector to manage their funds via check books and credit cards.
Published by Tele Sur
Interested in diversifying trade, entrepreneurs of Cuba and Belgium will seek on August 27 in this capital new business opportunities in key sectors such as construction, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals.
According to the Chamber of Commerce of Cuba, both delegations will hold a business forum on Thursday at the Hotel Nacional, where they will update their commercial interests seeking to promote bilateral ties.
The International Nature Tourism Event is scheduled from September 22 to 27 in in Pinar del Rio.
A new tourist attraction in Pinar del Rio,”The Tobacco Route”, which will be presented during the The International Nature Tourism Event, (TURNAT) 2015. The Tobacco Route intends to take tourists, journalists and other stakeholders into the ecosystem of Pinar del Río, to the main places where tobacco is harvested and constructed.
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Labiofam Cuban Business Group opens today its first office in Bolivia. After several years working in Bolivia, as part of the collaboration between the two countries, Labiofam decided to create a subsidiary company in Cochabamba, with the aim of selling goods and services in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food and agro-industrial sectors.
Labiofam, which has 17 associate companies, began its work in the 60s of last century, especially in the industry of vaccines and pharmaceuticals, which later expanded to include other sectors.
The referred state institution, has business relationships with companies in over 60 countries, and excels in the control of vector-borne diseases, in addition to the fight against cancer. Also in the construction of biotechnological plants to get healthier agricultural production and with good yields, as well as provide technical assistance for impact projects in health, food production and agriculture.
Published by Prensa Latina
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A center for the promotion, interpretation and investigation on the coffee heritage in Cuba will take place in Santiago de Cuba, in the former house of the landowner Carlos Dranguet.
Multiple choices to know about coffee and its mark in the history and culture of the southeastern region of the island, will be offered, such as graphic documents and other objects revealing on the history of coffee, mainly promoted by French-origin families who planted the seeds and developed the cultivations, will also be offered.
Located between this eastern province and Guantanamo, there are 171 former agricultural coffee empires declared a World Heritage Site and the OCC for an integrated management plan and management of the landscape that is organized in circuits.
The first, corresponding to the Gran Piedra, covers the coffee cultivations of La Idalia, Isabelica, La Gran Sofía, Las Mercedes and La Siberia, while the second, the Fraternity, includes the place with the same name, San Felipe, San Juan de Escocia , San Luis de Jacas and Santa Paulina.
Published by Sierra Maestra, Spanish version
The 16th International Wine Festival kicks off on Thursday, October 1st at Havana’s National Hotel with the attendance of international wine producers, dealers and experts interested in the Cuban market.
The Hall 1930 will be, as usual, the main venue for the festival and will hold the product exhibition of participating companies. Lectures and presentations will be held in other areas of the hotel.