GMW Country Report 2025

Participating Organisations:

• Bregado Flax Educational Centre Secondary Division, Claudia Creque Educational Centre, Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies, Elmore Stoutt High School, BVI Seventh-Day Adventist School, St. George’s Secondary School, Cedar International School, VP Bank (BVI ) Ltd, National Bank of the Virgin Islands, Republic Bank (BVI) Limited, FirstBank V.I., Banco Popular, Caribbean Insurers Limited, and Ogier.

Number of Participating Organisations:

• 14

Number of Children and Young People reached directly:

• 309

Number of Adults reached directly:

• 47

Number of People reached indirectly:

• 665

The BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC), through its financial literacy programme MONEY MATTERS BVI, led the Territory’s activities for the 13 th edition of Global Money Week (GMW) 2025.

Through careful coordination, a series of engaging educational activities were executed to equip young minds with essential financial knowledge. Global Money Week (which coincided with the local celebration of Education Month) served as a time to reflect on the role that education plays in the development of the Virgin Islands. Our GMW 2025 celebrations were supercharged by activities which focused on empowering young people with the knowledge, skills, and behaviours necessary to make sound financial decisions as part of shaping the future of learning.

During GMW 2025 MONEY MATTERS BVI hosted a “Young Money – Convert Spending & Grow Your Money” student workshop, in line with the GMW 2025 theme “Think before you follow, wise money tomorrow” providing an exclusive, interactive learning opportunity for upper-level secondary students. With participation from 50+ students from across the Territory, including the main island – Tortola, and smaller outer Virgin Islands, the workshop challenged students to think critically about their spending habits, financial independence, and wealth-building strategies for the future. The event featured a Banking Expo with representatives from local retail banks and a Lunch & Learn session led by the Managing Director of the FSC, Mr. Kenneth Baker, teamed with senior members of staff to share valuable regulatory insights to the students on being smart consumers, securing their personal information from fraud and identity theft as well as an introduction to Fintech.

Further extending its commitment to financial education and GMW, MONEY MATTERS BVI facilitated a number of financial literacy empowerment sessions which specifically targeted students on our sister islands of Anegada, Virgin Gorda, and Jost Van Dyke reaching 150+ children and young people.

GMW 2025 activities ended with a tour of BVI financial institutions to raise awareness of the role of financial services providers and improve the financial knowledge of young people. Participating institutions not only conveyed the ways in which their various corporate entities impacted the local community, but also stressed to students the importance of adopting a responsible and forward- looking approach to making smart money management decisions.