Words from the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine during the ECCB’s Financial Inclusion Town Hall Meeting at the Antioch Baptist Church in St. Kitts on Tuesday, July 8^th, 2025.

The purpose of the meeting is to alleviate and simplify the process of opening a bank account across the Eastern Caribbean Central Union (ECCU).

This is the governor as he spoke about the new account called the ECCU 1st Step Savings Account:

During the discussion, another Panelist, President of the ECCU Bankers Association, Roy Phillips spoke about work that has been done to create the account:

Meanwhile,

Chair Person for the Ease of Account Working Group, Norlann Gabriel-Boyea provided more details about the account:

Norlann Gabriel-Boyea.