Category: Offshore Banks

  • China’s ICBC Sets Up Global Asset Management Company

    The banking giant’s offshore investment subsidiary is going global, restructuring to serve both domestic and foreign investors. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s biggest bank by assets, is rebranding and restructuring its offshore investment subsidiary into a global asset management company, an executive at the company confirmed. The new Hong Kong-based entity,…

  • Internet Banks vs Brick & Mortar

    New Study Finds Online Banks Offer Savings Yields Four Times Higher than Traditional Banks & Credit Unions For those looking to earn more interest on savings accounts, internet banks are increasing APYs at a faster rate than traditional counterparts CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A new study by DepositAccounts.com, now part of LendingTree®,…

  • Swiss Banks Warn on Data-Sharing

    Switzerland introduced the automatic exchange of information of data concerning bank customers at the beginning of this year. Swiss private banks now warn the government that the planned extension of the system to a further set of countries may endanger their wealthy clients in some of the highly corrupt partner states. The Association of Swiss…

  • How Solid are Canada’s Big Banks?

    The World Economic Forum consistently ranks Canada’s banks among the world’s safest[1]. Competent regulators have overseen stress tests, tightened lending standards and delinquency rates are low. Demographics are good and the country’s diversified economy is backed by a treasure of oil, wood, gold and other natural resources. So the experts say. Institutional investors, relying on…

  • 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…