{"id":28754,"date":"2026-03-12T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=28754"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:35:12","slug":"100000-cash-grants-to-be-paid-through-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/100000-cash-grants-to-be-paid-through-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"$100,000 Cash grants to be paid through banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Government has announced that the $100,000 cash grant for all eligible beneficiaries in Guyana under Budget 2026 will be paid through banks, in a move aimed at reducing long lines and making the process more convenient for beneficiaries.<br><br>Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh told NCN News that the first group to receive payments will be public servants, with the rollout expected to begin next week.<br><br>To support the new payment system, the Government will also launch an online portal allowing Guyanese to register for a bank account, ensuring that citizens who do not currently have accounts can access their grants.<br><br>The change is intended to remove barriers, speed up payments and make distribution smoother nationwide.<br><br>More details on the rollout are expected soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government has announced that the $100,000 cash grant for all eligible beneficiaries in Guyana under Budget 2026 will be paid through banks, in a move aimed at reducing long&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,536,365,350],"tags":[488,638,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-28754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-finance","category-human-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-cash-grant","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28760,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28754\/revisions\/28760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}