Bahamas Recognised with 2023 Public First Award

The Central Bank of The Bahamas was awarded the 2023 Public First Award during the event’s Appreciation Dinner on 14 March, in a ceremony at the Xara Lodge, Rabat, Malta.

The Public First Award is a biennial recognition, initiated in 2017 and presented to a central bank or individual whose work demonstrates the ideal of keeping the public first in mind in undertaking the design, production or issuance of a national currency.

This year’s recipient was recognised for its family of banknotes incorporating novel combinations of technology never before seen and sourced from multiple and competing suppliers. The Bank’s vision was credited as the catalyst instrumental in achieving this cooperation, which led to the completion of the upgraded Bahamian banknote series known by the acronym CRISP (for Counterfeit-Resistant Integrated Security Products), and which has been well-received by the public and businesses alike.