Central Bank of Barbados Warns Public About Fraudulent WhatsApp Calls

The Central Bank of Barbados is aware of WhatsApp calls displaying the Bank's logo and falsely claiming to be associated with the Bank and BiMPay. The calls reportedly originated from numbers with a Pakistani country code.

Please note that these calls did not originate from the Central Bank of Barbados. The Bank will not make unsolicited calls to anyone about BiMPay.

More broadly, we strongly encourage persons not to share sensitive information such as passwords, PINs, or security codes with anyone who contacts you.

If you have already shared sensitive information with someone claiming to represent the Bank or BiMPay, please contact us immediately using the verified channels below, and take steps to secure your account, such as changing your passwords or PINs.

We also encourage members of the public who receive a suspicious call of this nature to report it, where appropriate, to the Barbados Police Service.

If you must interact directly with the Bank, please call us at our PBX at 436-6870 or at our BiMPay hotline number 424-2729.

We also encourage the public to rely on its official channels and other credible sources for information about the Bank and its activities by visiting centralbank.org.bb and BiMPay.bb.