 The Bankers Association of St. Lucia is celebrating 19 years of Financial Information Month with the rest of the ECCU. The collective group of financial institutions held a small meeting at FCIB to announce the theme and schedule of activities for this year's observation of FIM. We have more in this report by Ross Daniel. Financial Information Month has been observed annually in October since 2002 as an initiative of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in collaboration with member governments, financial and academic institutions, and other public and private sector institutions. This year's theme for the campaign is Financial Empowerment through Education. According to the ECCB Agency Manager for St. Lucia, Everton Silly, in response to the impact of the global pandemic, the area of focus will be based on innovation in the face of adversity, recover, respond, rise. This year, as was the case last year, we are very proud and elated to have teamed up with our core partners, the Bankers Association of St. Lucia, to put on a month of activities aimed at financially empowering our people through education. We hope to have a very successful FIM, and we encourage everyone to join in making the month a success by joining the activities, most of which will be virtual, participating and sharing the links, and most of all, sharing the knowledge gained. While the Bankers Association of St. Lucia comprises of ten members, four of which are banks, and six non-bank financial institutions, organisers are encouraging all of corporate St. Lucia to participate in the initiative to help the nation's economy to innovate in the face of adversity, recover, respond, and rise. And over the years, we have been very, very active in supporting the Financial Information Month, recognising the important role that it plays in educating our customers and the residents, not only in St. Lucia, but in the region. St. Lucia was a very exciting year for us as it occurred in the midst of the pandemic, and one of the aspects of Financial Information Month is really driving the whole issue of digital education. According to Mr. Julian, businesses should adapt and begin to equip themselves for the digital way of life. Meetings, doing business, entertainment, everything has gone digital. But I believe that as a key member organisation within the system, the economic system and the financial system, we have a very important role to play in encouraging persons to become much more comfortable with the digital way of life. The Bankers Association has put together a schedule of activities for the month of October in observance of FIM. Some of these activities include promoting and sanitising the public on online banking solutions, virtual financial literacy sessions, and the Association's signature event, the regional webinar scheduled for the 20th of October, offering advice for small businesses to stay afloat. As part of our corporate social responsibility, weekly donations will be made to the homes for the vulnerable, elderly, and less fortunate. We're looking forward to an exciting month of sensitising our communities and helping them to prosper. The Association is soliciting the participation of everyone in helping make this year's observance of FIM a success, reporting from the Government Information Service, Ross Daniel.