Category: Offshore Banks

  • First U.S. Bank Robbery was on Wall Street

    Following is the daily “Profile America” feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: FIRST U.S. BANK ROBBERY Profile America — Sunday, March 19th.  Banks had operated in America for about a half century before someone tried to make an unauthorized withdrawal. On this date in 1831, Edward Smith committed the first bank robbery in the U.S.…

  • Dubai Beehive and P2P Lending Platforms

    Fintech Business, Beehive, is the First Peer to Peer Lending Platform to Receive DFSA Regulation DUBAI, UAE, March 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — New regulation key to driving growth of Fintech businesses in region Lending based crowdfunding important new route to finance for SMEs In excess of AED 75 million facilitated across 150 SME funding requests…

  • HMRC Profile of Offshore Investors

    Discussions with the 16 banks highlighted that the typical offshore investor is of either High Net Worth (HNW) or Ultra-High Net Worth (UHNW). The definition of these terms varied amongst banks in relation to the manner in which they segmented their customer base. Despite some variation in the boundary between HNW and UHNW there was…

  • The First U.S. Bank

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Following is the daily “Profile America” called the First U.S. Bank from the U.S. Census Bureau: First U.S. Bank Profile America — Saturday, January 7th. During the Revolutionary War, the rebelling colonies and the Continental Congress were anything but too big to fail. To the contrary, finances were very…

  • Money 2020 and the new Cyber Regulations

    One of the big topics at Money 2020 will be the new cyber regulations announced by the Fed and FDIC. They believe hacking could lead to a national financial crash. Christopher Pierson, EVP, General Counsel & Chief Security Officer, of FinTech company Viewpost has analyzed the proposal and says this “really places a chair at…

  • Skipton International is investing for the future

    Skipton International is to implement a new banking service and replace its core banking system for offshore savings customers. [box type=”tick” size=”large” style=”rounded” border=”full”]The new secure online portal, planned to launch in late 2017, will allow customers around the world to access their savings accounts 24 hours a day. This will be in addition to…

  • The evolution of online banking

    Ally Bank CEO and President Diane Morais on how She is Revolutionizing the Industry discusses the branchless model, the evolution of online banking and how she plans to keep up with change [box]Named #12 “Most Powerful Women in Banking” by American Banker[/box] [box type=”info”]Interviews Available Monday, October 10th with Diane Morais, CEO and President, Ally…

  • Exploration of the Offshore Investment Market

    This report presents findings from qualitative research designed to gain further insight into the offshore investment market. Document Exploration of the Offshore Investment Market PDF, 635KB, 48 pages Detail This research was commissioned by HMRC to provide further insight into the operation of the offshore investment market. The specific aims were to: collect views and…