Tag: offshore bank
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The Top 50 Banks for Offshore Banking
Offshore banking has long been associated with financial privacy, tax optimization, and asset protection. In recent years, it has gained popularity among individuals and businesses seeking to diversify their financial portfolios and secure their wealth. With a multitude of options available, it’s crucial to choose the right offshore bank to meet your specific needs. In…
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Cryptocurrency and Offshore Banking
A New Frontier In the rapidly evolving financial world, cryptocurrency has emerged as a disruptive force. Offshore banking, a sector known for its adaptability and resilience, is not immune to these developments. This article explores the intersection of cryptocurrency and offshore banking, analyzing the potential opportunities and challenges this new frontier presents. Cryptocurrency: A Brief…
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Commonwealth of Dominica Welcomes Newest Offshore Bank
ROSEAU, Dominica, Dec. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — In late 2018, Digibank joins the ranks of Class-A licensed offshore banks of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Poised to ride the trend of globalized wealth, Digibank aims to incorporate technology to traditional offshore bank services to achieve 3 crucial comparative advantages, namely full digitalization, faster processing speed and lower transaction cost.…
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How much do you really know about offshore banking?
Skipton International has launched a quiz which aims to inform people about offshore savings. The quiz, which is hosted on the Skipton International website, tests savers’ knowledge of offshore banking, with answers explaining what an offshore account is, who can have one, and how someone can open one. Typical reasons for opening an offshore account…
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The case for offshore
Eye-popping revelations in the Panama Papers have fanned concerns that the so-called “tax havens” lie at the centre of a giant web of criminal conduct. Some, including UK Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, have demanded that these offshore centres be “shut down”, and so disconnected from the global grid. The uproar invites examination of…
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Three critical ways an offshore bank can protect you
Let’s take a moment to compare the offshore world today to before the Global Financial Crisis struck roughly eight years ago. In this short period of time, US federal government debt has DOUBLED. The Federal Reserve now holds $2.4 trillion of that debt, up from $479 billion. Interest rates, which were between 2-4%, are today…
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Demand for Skipton International’s Expat mortgages increases
In a little over one year demand for the bank’s British expat buy-to-let offering has eclipsed that for its established mortgage lending in Jersey and Guernsey. Managing Director of Skipton International, Jim Coupe said: ‘We have been servicing expats with their savings needs for years and knew there would be a demand for buy-to-let mortgages…
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JP Morgan private banker: “We can’t make money anymore…
[typography font=”Cantarell” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Simon Black[/typography] July 1, Singapore – Yesterday over coffee, a friend of mine leaked the news that JP Morgan’s private banking division here in Singapore is going to start charging negative interest rates. I almost fell out of my chair. He’s a successful hedge fund manager and one of their best customers.…
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Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) Problems
For U.S. persons it is absolutely correct that you should engage in diversification of investments and assets overseas. However, the difficulty with much of the information received from a blog or Google search, no matter how attractive it might seem, is completely out of date. All the points sound great if you say them quickly.…