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Living history: JN money

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JN Money Services

Photo of a man in a suit standing in front of a shop window smiling at the camera whilst pointing with his right hand to a sign in the window. The window sign, as well as the main overhead shop, sign reads, "JN Money". In the window are small Jamaican flags.
Claude Thompson, Regional Manager of JN Money Services, Eglinton Ave. West, Toronto, September, 2020.

Claude Thompson, Regional Manager of JN Money Services, Eglinton Ave. West, Toronto, September, 2020.

A woman speaks to a group of participants in front of a store. She is holding a microphone. To the left is a man holding a speaker and wearing a blue shirt.
Emerging Historian, Faith Ebanks discusses the history of Jamaican immigration on the “Little Jamaica” walking tour, Eglinton Ave, July 28, 2022.

Emerging Historian, Faith Ebanks discusses the history of Jamaican immigration on the “Little Jamaica” walking tour, Eglinton Ave, July 28, 2022.

Photo of a man standing in front of a desk with glass windows. The man is facing the camera and above one of the windows is a sign that says, "JN Money". There are tall plants in the room and a chair sits off to one side along the wall.
Claude Thompson, Regional Manager of JN Money Services, Eglinton Ave. West, Toronto, September 3, 2020.

Claude Thompson, Regional Manager of JN Money Services, Eglinton Ave. West, Toronto, September 3, 2020.

Back home

JN Money, owned by JN Money Services Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of the JN Financial Group, has been on Eglinton Avenue West for over 30 years. This money transfer service attracts the Caribbean diaspora and makes it easy for them to send money “back home” to the Islands, including places such as Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, Haiti, Dominica, Guyana. Although there are many other JN Money Services locations across the Greater Toronto area, the Eglinton Avenue West branch has been servicing the community since the late 1980s.

Some of the services that JN Money provides includes:

  • Sending funds for over the counter pick-up
  • Sending funds directly to the JN Money Card
  • Sending funds directly to accounts held at financial institutions in Jamaica
  • Paying bills in Jamaica
  • Sending mobile minutes to over 90 countries to mobile phones on certain networks.

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    Hear Claude Thompson, Regional Manager of JN Money Services, speak about the importance of the service to the community.

    Connecting communities

    For new Caribbean immigrants settling in the Eglinton Avenue West community in the 1960s and onwards, sending money to support family and friends still living in communities abroad was very important. Regional Manager of JN Money, Claude Thompson explains that this is a service that continues today, as new immigrants come to Canada and build their own lives. In this way, places like JN Money continue to have an important place in communities like Little Jamaica.

    Hear Claude Thompson speak about remittances and the act of giving money to those in the Islands.

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