{"id":33034,"date":"2026-11-10T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=33034"},"modified":"2026-11-10T19:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:00:50","slug":"bank-of-baroda-ready-to-take-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/bank-of-baroda-ready-to-take-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Baroda ready to take lead\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;\u00a0<strong>In introducing cashless payment system in Guyan<\/strong>a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Celestine Juan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bank of Baroda is ready to take the lead in introducing a cashless payment system in Guyana as the country moves towards expanding digital financial services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the&nbsp;Bank, Debadatta Chand, said the institution is committed to supporting the initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Following the understanding between India and Guyana, efforts are underway to facilitate a UPI-based payment capacity in Guyana. And we, Bank of Baroda are going to play an anchor role there<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <br><br>Speaking at the opening of the new Bank of Baroda\u2019s headquarters in Georgetown,\u00a0Chand described\u00a0digital payments as a major priority, not only for\u00a0the Bank\u00a0but also for the Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted&nbsp;that modern payment solutions could improve convenience, efficiency and access to financial services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond this, he said\u00a0Bank of Baroda also sees significant opportunities to support other sectors of Guyana&#8217;s growing economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>In renewable energy, we see a significant opportunity, particularly in the rooftop solar system, the Green Energy Initiative, and\u00a0also\u00a0we want to strengthen our engagement with the small and medium enterprises,\u00a0local businesses, companies operating in the oil and gas supply chain<\/strong>,\u201d he explained. <br><br>Chand also announced plans to expand mobile and internet banking,\u00a0and\u00a0card services\u00a0to meet growing customer demands.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1448\" height=\"1086\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59.png 1448w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-59-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;\u00a0In introducing cashless payment system in Guyana -by Celestine Juan Bank of Baroda is ready to take the lead in introducing a cashless payment system in Guyana as the country&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,536,350],"tags":[488,1347,412,405],"class_list":["post-33034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-finance","category-news","tag-488","tag-bank-of-baroda","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33034","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=33034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33036,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33034\/revisions\/33036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}