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Would you like to access news/blog content published by sources located in Bahamas?
Code example
# If you'd like to do a POST request then call endpoint:
http://localhost:8070/api/v1/article/getArticles
Body:
{
"sourceLocationUri": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas",
"resultType": "articles",
"apiKey": "API_KEY"
}
# If you'd like instead to do a GET request then call:
http://localhost:8070/api/v1/article/getArticles?sourceLocationUri=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Bahamas&resultType=articles&apiKey=API_KEY
Example of JSON response
Below is an example JSON object that you would receive as the result of the request. You can retrieve also additional properties such as concepts, categories, source details, etc. by specifying additional parameters in the request as described on the documentation page.
{
"articles": {
"results": [
{
"uri": "7456852974",
"lang": "eng",
"isDuplicate": false,
"date": "2023-03-20",
"time": "19:48:00",
"dateTime": "2023-03-20T19:48:00Z",
"dateTimePub": "2023-03-20T19:47:00Z",
"dataType": "news",
"sim": 0,
"url": "http://www.tribune242.com/news/2023/mar/20/bay-street-merchants-overcharging-tourists/",
"title": "Bay Street merchants 'overcharging' tourists",
"body": "BAY Street merchants have been accused by The Bahamas' consumer protection watchdog of overcharging cruise ship passengers and other tourists on their credit card purchases\n\nLavade Darling, the Consumer Protection Commission's senior supervisor for education, research and training, told a media briefing at the Prime Minister's Office: \"There are certain stores on Bay Street that are targeting our tourists, particularly cruise ship passengers.\n\n\"They would purchase an item for 'x' amount of dollars. Then they would give you some free items, and when these tourists get back to their home, they find that the credit card has been charged $10,000 or $15,000 for an item that really should have cost only what they agreed to purchase.\"\n\nMr Darling did not identify the culprits, but made clear the issue is something the Commission is \"not addressing\" by itself and is \"working with the other relevant agencies\" within the Government to combat the problem. \"It's not something that we can address totally on our own,\" he added. \"(The Ministry) of Tourism is aware, and we're working with them to resolve the cyber issues.\"\n\nSuch practices, if they are occurring, would threaten to harm The Bahamas' integrity and reputation as a world-class tourism destination - the very image that the Government, various industry promotion Boards and individual resorts and operators are seeking to promote.\n\nMr Darling, meanwhile, said another focus for the Consumer Protection Commission is that businesses are still requiring consumers to purchase a minimum amount, and also levying a fee, for credit and debit card purchases. This, he added, violates the merchant services agreement that these businesses have signed with card issuing companies and financial services providers.\n\n\"Another area of concern for us is credit and debit card fees,\" Mr Darling said. \"That's something that comes up quite regularly because the merchant services agreement for using a credit card stipulates that you're not supposed to have a minimum purchase and you're not supposed to be charging a convenience fee to use a credit or debit card.\n\n\"So that is a matter of major concern for us... We had a meeting recently with the Central Bank to speak about that, and one of the things that came out of that meeting is that we're going to be looking at introducing legislation to actually enforce the merchant services agreement because moral suasion is obviously not working. These merchants are aware of the terms of their merchant services agreement.\"\n\nThe switch to digital transactions and cashless payment systems further accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many merchants were not prepared to handle the sudden shift to electronic payment forms during lockdowns and other associated restrictions.\n\nThe Consumer Protection Commission officials acknowledged that making it more difficult, and expensive, for consumers to pay using debit and credit cards not only violates these companies' merchant services agreements but also works against the Government and Central Bank's drive to move the economy away from reliance on cash to digital transactions.\n\nMr Darling said: \"The Government of the Bahamas has stated that they want us to go cashless. So using your credit or debit card should not be more expensive than using cash. But it goes against the stated policy objective of the Government of The Bahamas.\n\n\"As a statutory agency, those type of matters are a concern for us, and we are addressing them. So what we're going to do is develop a financial literacy campaign that we expect to launch in a few months, where we're going to be speaking to particularly small businesses, SMEs, about how you can lower your costs with digital transactions.\"\n\nMr Darling said other frequent consumer complaints received by the watchdog related to the timeshare industry. \"Persons basically purchase a timeshare,\" he said. \"They want out of it, right, and the Act provides the conditions under which you can get out of your timeshare. The problem is that the timeshare operators are not giving them the opportunity to get out of their timeshare. So that's a major concern for us.\"\n\nThe Commission also wants to strengthen its governing legislation so that it is better placed to deal with complaints against funeral homes and cemeteries, both of which are sectors that are largely unregulated.",
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"label": "dmoz/Home/Personal Finance/Money Management",
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{
"uri": "7456845612",
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"date": "2023-03-20",
"time": "19:40:00",
"dateTime": "2023-03-20T19:40:00Z",
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"url": "http://www.tribune242.com/news/2023/mar/20/bahamian-small-businesses-told-embrace-e-commerce/",
"title": "Bahamian small businesses told: Embrace e-commerce",
"body": "BAHAMIAN small and medium-sized businesses must embrace digital payments and transactions if they are to properly participate in the tourism industry and wider global economy, a provider says.\n\nJeffrey Beckles, Island Pay's managing director, told the Grand Bahama Business Outlook: \"The global digital payment market size was valued at about $81bn in 2022. It is expected to expand at a compound growth rate of 20.8 percent between 2023 and 2030.\n\n\"Anything that you have that will grow at an annual rate of 20 percent is worth having, which tells you that most of the people that we will engage with from here on in are going to be referred to as digital citizens. If we intend to be successful as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), then it means that we must take the initiative now to position ourselves to be able to engage those individuals. That's our reality: The world has gone to a global platform.\"\n\nMr Beckles said the majority of tourists that visit the Bahamas come from digitised economies - the US, UK and Canada. As a result, small and medium-sized businesses must begin to accept digital payments so as not to potentially cut themselves off from conducting transactions with this market.\n\nHe added: \"When we consider the top 10 digitised economies in the world, three of them - Canada, the United States and the UK - provide almost 100 percent of our tourists. We must remember, then, that the tourists that are coming to the Bahamas are digitised citizens, and if small businesses are unable to accept digital payments, it means that the separation between the customer, your revenue and your progress is going to remain.\n\n\"That gap is going to remain, and it'll get probably larger and larger. The reality of it today is that more and more consumers are conducting transactions in a digital format than they ever have. Yes, cash will be around, but the reality of it is the access and the usability of cash will continue to diminish as the global digital space evolves.\n\n\"The takeaway, then, for us as we evolve in our business environments is to what degree are you facilitating or accepting or enabling your business to be able to accept a digital payment?\"\n\nMr Beckles said the emergence of digital transactions and currencies have shifted consumers away from traditional methods of purchasing and engagement. He said: \"The emergence of CBDCs [Central Bank Digital Currencies] and other forms of digital currencies, new online shopping methods and, of course, the metaverse offer businesses a new landscape of possibilities.\n\n\"Many of these emerging opportunities are tied to the increasingly digital world in which we live; a trend that is going to move quickly and will continue to accelerate in the coming years. As our personal and professional lives continue to move online, so does more and more of our economic activity.\n\n\"We understand more than ever before that the brick-and-mortar model that we used to have, where we told customers 'come to us', that's dying very quickly. Consumers have moved away to being online. Not only do they have access to online products, but the expectation is that if you want me to look at your product, want me to buy your product, then you must be able to facilitate the payment online. Many companies are still struggling with that fact.\"\n\nMr Beckles asserted: \"Digital tools transact at a fraction of what traditional institutions will charge you. There are more than 52,000 Bahamians using our digital apps, and not just for domestic use. But because of our global partnership with MasterCard they have access to global markets.\n\n\"When you think about a taxi driver who no longer has to be concerned about whether the consumer has cash or not, but he can tap and pay and be done..... When you think about SMEs on the beach, straw vendors, bakery workers and bellmen today are receiving gratuities via tap and pay technology. When we think about a country where your websites have integrated, where people from around the world can conduct and close a transaction in a matter of moments rather than having to come and see you to close those....\n\n\"We are enabling them to participate in an ecosystem. We're enabling them to be able to develop state of the art websites where there is an e-commerce platform that is integrated into their platform so that customers have an opportunity to make a buying decision. We have SMEs who are able now to provide digital payroll for their staff.\"",
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