EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK

The ECCB, established on 1 October 1983, has a statutory obligation to safeguard the international value of the Eastern Caribbean dollar, to regulate the availability of money and credit, to promote monetary stability and a sound financial structure of its eight member territories: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In addition, the ECCB is empowered to regulate bank operations on behalf of, and in collaboration with its members.