Category: Article

Ecommerce – A compliment to NFIS -3

Ecommerce – A COMPLIMENT TO NFIS-3 By Junior Faka & Natasha Eddie Hivae Article No. : 12/2021 E-Commerce – A Great Initiative to Complement Financial Inclusion By Junior Faka & Natasha Eddie Hivae  Recently, the Central...

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Don’t be a victim of Scam

Don’t be a victim of scam  By Natasha Eddie Article No. : 11/2021 Let’s talk about Scams. Recently we have learned that there is a scam conducted online to lure people into believing that they won a huge amount of money...

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Financial Inclusion: Women a Priority

Financial Inclusion: Women a Priority  By Natasha Eddie Article No. : 10/2021 During the implementation of the previous National Financial Inclusion Strategy 2, there were lessons drawn based on interactions with stakeholders on...

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Financial Literacy Coaches in the making

Financial Literacy Coaches in the making  By Natasha Eddie Article No. : 09/2021 Fragrance Balavala from Harabau community in North West Guadalcanal could not hold back the excitement she had after completing the one-week...

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What you should know about Financial Inclusion

What you should know about Financial Inclusion  CBSI Media  Article No. : 07/2021 This week we will look at the topic Financial Inclusion. We will try to understand what Financial Inclusion is and what role CBSI plays to drive...

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Key Statistics

Inflation (Source: SINSO)
(December, 2025) 1.6%
GDP: 2024
(Source: SINSO)
Constant Price: 2012
Real GDP
SBD$ 10,679.2m
Nominal GDP
SBD$ 13,392.2m
Real GDP Growth3.0%
Foreign Reserves
(March 25, 2026)SBD $6,708m
Interest Rates
(December, 2025)
Deposit Rate0.50%
Lending Rate8.78%
Money Supply
(March 25, 2026)SBD $6,980m

Exchange Rates


Per
SBD

Today
08/04/26

Last Week
01/04/26
USD0.12350.1239

GBP0.09290.0937
EUR0.10650.1072
AUD0.17710.1796
NZD0.21580.2157
JPY19.7119.67
SDR0.09070.0913
CNY
0.84750.8550
Index110.00110.20