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Offshore Savings Accounts Can Offer Valuable Tax Savings ST PETER PORT, Guernsey, April 30, 2010 – Each year, according to the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), around 400,000 UK nationals move abroad to work or retire. Opening an offshore savings account could bring significant tax benefits once they cease being UK residents for tax … Read more
One of the problems most investors come across once they have moved offshore is how to repatriate their offshore funds. Sending wires directly back to your home bank account could involve dangerous invasions of privacy, whereas physically going to your offshore bank and withdrawing cash may also breach customs restrictions and invite the risk of … Read more
Calling Expats Everywhere – Make Sure You Have Your Say! LONDON, April 27, 2010 – This week marks the official launch of Expat Explorer – the largest global survey of expats – where expats from all over the world can have their say about life as an expat and the challenges and opportunities they face … Read more
UNI Global Union: Bank workers Demand Their Rights at Demonstration in Frankfurt European bank workers demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt this past week to call for a radical change in the sales practices of financial service providers. UNI Finance Global Union, German union ver.di, bank workers and … Read more
UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud A wealthy client of the Swiss bank UBS pleaded guilty on Monday to tax fraud, the ninth American caught up in an investigation of the bank’s offshore private banking services, The New York Times’s Lynnley Browning reports. The bank client, Harry Abrahamsen, of Oradell, N.J., pleaded guilty in … Read more
A new report provides detailed analysis of the Finance and Banking market This report introduces Datamonitor’s proprietary Tax Amnesty Assessment Index. It is a quantifiable assessment framework of 15 criteria, grouped within five critical amnesty conditions, that can be used by offshore banks to determine the likely impact of any announced amnesty on their assets … Read more
Online Specialist Discounter for Electrical and Electronic Appliances Opts for Payment Solutions From a Single Source MUNICH and GRASBRUNN, Germany, April 11, 2010 – redcoon GmbH, headquartered in Aschaffenburg, has decided in favor of the payment services of Wirecard AG. The redcoon company has meanwhile become one of the leading European specialist discounters for entertainment … Read more
New Fixed Rate 5 Year Offshore Savings Plan (account) Offers 4.5%Gross/AER ST HELIER, Jersey, April 9, 2010 – A new sterling 5-Year Fixed Rate Saver account offering 4.50% gross/AER has been launched by Jersey based Abbey International. The account is aimed exclusively at new and existing Premium Banking clients. Premium Banking from Abbey International is … Read more
ST HELIER, Jersey, March 31, 2010 – Abbey International is currently celebrating twice over having won the coveted Best International Bank award in this year’s Investment International Finance Awards and this week secured a “Best Buy” listing for its popular 18 month fixed rate deposit currently paying 3.57% AER with Moneyfacts, the independent industry monitor (source: Moneyfacts.co.uk). The Investment International awards are amongst the oldest … Read more