As per Sections 39 (1) and (2) of the Financial Services Commission Act – 2010-21:
The Commission may, without the consent of a financial institution, disclose information received:
- To the Commissioner of Inland Revenue;
- To the Financial Intelligence Unit, established under the Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (Prevention and Control) Act;
- To any other supervisory or regulatory authority of financial institutions in Barbados; or,
- Subject to subsection (2), to the appropriate supervisory authority of financial institutions outside Barbados at the request of that authority, where there is a branch, holding company or affiliate of a financial institution operating in that country.
In the case of paragraph (d) of subsection (1), information may only be given where there is a memorandum of understanding in place and the Commission is satisfied that the authority has given appropriate undertakings for protecting the confidentiality of the information and for controlling the use that will be made of it.