Credit rating agency launched

From left are Reynir Gretarsson, Chairman of Creditinfo International; Prime Minister Sam Hinds; Attorney General Anil Nandlall; Canadian High Commission Nicole Giles; and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr. Gobind Ganga at the launch of Creditinfo at the Georgetown Club yesterday. (Photo by Arian Browne)

Guyana’s first credit reporting bureau, Creditinfo Guyana, was yesterday launched and it is expected to make the financial landscape in Guyana more efficient and pave the way for small and medium enterprises to better access credit.

The idea behind a credit bureau is to serve as an information sharing mechanism so that lenders would be able to