{
  "id": 11123539,
  "title": "Church leaders challenge BOJ cheque phase-out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/church-leaders-challenge-boj-cheque-phase-out",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T05:08:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261001/church-leaders-challenge-boj-cheque-phase-out"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two church leaders are taking the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to court, accusing the central bank of overstepping its legal authority and breaching Jamaicans’ constitutional right to equitable treatment in its push to phase out cheques. “The policy of the respondents to eliminate the use of cheques as outlined represents a direct assault on our right to effect transactions via the chequing system,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}