Financial Centre Association of Vanuatu

14/10/2026

📢 Another exciting training session is coming your way! 🇻🇺

📢 Another exciting training session is coming your way! 🇻🇺

We are continuing our commitment to empowering local leaders and entrepreneurs with our next interactive workshop: Developing a Blockchain Business Model.

Whether you want to commercialize a tech idea or build a sustainable strategy, this practical session is designed to give you actionable insights.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

- Avoiding common startup mistakes
- Why investors avoid certain blockchain application ideas
- Turning blockchain ideas into viable businesses
- Creating a winning business model & generating sustainable revenue
- Finding your target customers and joining the dots

👨‍🏫 Presenter: Mr. Marcus Xavier (Head of Learning for Marcus Xavier Inc & International Blockchain Expert)

📅 Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
📍 Location: Conference Room, Holiday Inn Resort
👥 Who Should Attend: FMA, FCA & FDL members, plus invited guests
💻 What to Bring: Laptop or tablet, headphones, and yourself!
⚠️ LIMITED SPACE – Pre-registration is Required!

📩 Email us at [email protected] to reserve your spot today.

Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsors (Financial Markets Association Vanuatu, Financial Centre Association of Vanuatu, Ministry of Trade and Commerce, Vanuatu, Marcus Xavier Inc, PACER Plus, E-Commerce in Vanuatu) and Gold Sponsor (Titan FX Vanuatu) for making this event possible!

11/10/2026

𝐄𝐔 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚 & 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬.

Even though Vanuatu was recently upgraded to “Largely Compliant” by the OECD, the ultimate arbiter of tax policies, that wasn’t enough to faze Brussels bureaucrats.

Vanuatu remains one of only three sovereign countries in the entire world, alongside Russia and Palau, and five US and British island territories, to deserve public shaming for their “unfair” tax practices and lack of “cooperation”.

According to Brussels, there are no worse places in the world to facilitate tax evasion.

Oh, did we mention EU member countries can never be blacklisted?

That’s your global tax police hard at work!

28/09/2026

Ten years of EU bullying in two charts.

Vanuatu was one of the first countries on the EU’s money-laundering and terrorist-financing blacklist when it was created in 2016.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global standard-setter in these matters, cleared Vanuatu in June 2018.

The EU usually follows the FATF’s decisions within about 10 months. But is still waiting.

More on this topic: https://fca.vu/category/eu-blacklists/

23/09/2026

Students of the Adventist Academy in Aore Island were visited last week by a group of representatives from the International Finance Centre, who regaled them with life and career advice and donated sporting equipment to encourage the discipline that can lead to personal and professional success. The...

12/09/2026

Here’s the full story of our visit to Aore🏝️ with the VFSC Commissioner and representatives from two of our members.

07/09/2026

The government has reported a net operating surplus of VT9.3 billion in the first six months of the 2026 financial year, issued no new bonds and paid all its debts on time.

Read more: https://www.dailypost.vu/news/govt-reports-vt9-3b-mid-year-surplus/article_5a53a4ae-9fe6-58a8-9d30-83ed40e76aaa.html

05/09/2026

“The way Vanuatu is governed today did not develop overnight. It is the result of hundreds of years of history that shaped our leaders, our institutions and the way we think about government.”

– Don’t miss this excellent paper by Gregoire Nimbtik (via Vanuatu Daily Post)

By Gregoire Nimbtik Read the original publication As Vanuatu celebrates its 46th anniversary of Independence, many people are asking the same question: Why do we continue to face the same political…

01/09/2026

21/07/2026

Financial services professionals, government representatives and industry stakeholders recently gathered in Port Vila to explore how blockchain technology and the tokenisation of real-world assets could unlock new economic opportunities for

30/06/2026

Cheers to one of the heavyweights of our industry. Lindsay Barrett’s contribution to Vanuatu’s financial services sector spans more than five decades and has left a lasting mark. Wishing you all the best for a well-earned retirement 🫡

The partners of Barrett and Partners, Vanuatu’s leading public accounting firm, announced that Lindsay Barrett is retiring from the firm today after over 50 years of service to the firm and the Vanuatu financial services industry.

Read more: https://www.dailypost.vu/news/lindsay-barrett-retires-after-50-years/article_43882eba-0d95-5c5c-a654-4ca08ca9e02d.html