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offshore

a term used to describe vehicles or institutions based in, or regulated by, the laws of a jurisdiction that either has no tax or low tax for non-locals and that specializes in providing services of a financial or legal nature to persons and businesses ‘onshore’, that is to say, in high-tax jurisdictions. While many such jurisdictions are based on islands, which has brought about the terminology in a literal sense, the littoral location of the investment is irrelevant.

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Digibank aims to incorporate technology to traditional offshore bank services to achieve 3 crucial comparative advantages: full digitalization, faster processing speed and lower transaction cost.

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Trillanes said it was clear the President was lying and that the latter just made up the story that he had secret offshore bank accounts.

Trillanes: Singapore bank denied account

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I recommend those who have undisclosed offshore bank accounts to come forward to avoid facing penalties and even jail.

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It has also just written to a further 5,000 others who have offshore bank accounts but who did not come forward first time round.

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BMI will manage BMI Offshore Bank, a joint venture with locally incorporated Nouvobanq, the largest bank in Seychelles .

BMI wins Seychelles licence

The move follows an investigation into a number of business and personal offshore bank accounts being operated by the individuals.

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Q: Is an FBAR the correct form to file for an individual offshore bank account?

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At this year's IMF-World Bank meeting, France proposed, in effect, to ban offshore bank and corporate secrecy.

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By using an offshore bank, the company can do so without paying the taxes involved in repatriation of monies.