ABM Jamaica

Jamaica’s ABM network recorded 91.9% uptime in March 2025, the worst result in recent months, as vandalism in Other Urban parishes and Scotia Bank’s ongoing parts remediation pushed all three regions below the BOJ’s minimum 95% uptime standard for the first time.

Jamaica received US$283.0 million in remittances in March 2025, up 1.3% year-on-year, while the US corridor’s share of inflows surged to 69.6% from 64.8% a year earlier — the most dramatic single-year corridor concentration shift in recent BOJ data.

Jamaica’s payment systems delivered a strong Q1 2025 performance, with J$6.84 trillion in RTGS settlements, 32,676 POS terminals active in March, and ABM cash withdrawals surging 39.5% year-on-year as digital and cash transaction growth continued in parallel.

Jamaica’s payment systems delivered a strong Q1 2025 performance, with J$6.84 trillion in RTGS settlements, 32,676 POS terminals active in March, and ABM cash withdrawals surging 39.5% year-on-year as digital and cash transaction growth continued in parallel.

Eight parishes fell below BOJ uptime targets in February 2025 as Scotia Bank’s intelligent ABM remediation programme and unplanned technology outages dragged system performance to 92.0%, with 903 machines deployed island-wide.

Jamaica received US$238.0 million in remittances in February 2025, up 2.1% year-on-year, as the United States’ share of inflows rose to 72.1% — a structural concentration that policymakers are watching closely alongside a two-month total of US$514.9 million.

Jamaica’s 901 ABMs recorded 97.2% operational availability and 92.7% system uptime in January 2025, with rural machines outperforming the KMA for the month, while Hanover parish recorded a serious compliance failure at 68.6% uptime and 85.7% operational availability.

Jamaica’s 900-strong ABM network maintained 97.8% operational availability in December 2024 but rural uptime fell to 89.4%, breaching the Bank of Jamaica’s compliance minimum as Christmas cash demand triggered cash dispense and deposit jams across the island.

Jamaica’s 900-strong ABM network maintained 97.8% operational availability in December 2024 but rural uptime fell to 89.4%, breaching the Bank of Jamaica’s compliance minimum as Christmas cash demand triggered cash dispense and deposit jams across the island.