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  2. Offshore bank - Wikipedia

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    An account held in a foreign offshore bank is often described as an offshore account. Typically, an individual or company will maintain an offshore account for the financial and legal advantages it provides, including but not limited to: Strong privacy, including bank secrecy. Little or no corporate taxation via tax havens.

  3. Standard Bank - Wikipedia

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    The bank now known as Standard Bank was formed in 1862 as a South African subsidiary of the British overseas bank Standard Bank, under the name The Standard Bank of South Africa. The bank's origins can be traced to 1862, when a group of businessmen led by the prominent South African politician John Paterson [ 5 ] [ 6 ] formed a bank in London ...

  4. Should You Open an Offshore Bank Account? - AOL

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    Offshore bank accounts are held outside of your home country and are an option to hold funds in a foreign currency. Offshore bank accounts can make sense in some situations, such as for those who ...

  5. List of banks in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Bank Name [4] [5] Bank name (in Arabic) Head Office (in UAE) Headquarters Stock code (if applicable) [2] [3] National Bank of Bahrain: بنك البحرين الوطني Abu Dhabi Manama, Bahrain: BSB: NBB: Rafidain Bank: مصرف الرافدين Abu Dhabi Baghdad, Iraq: Arab Bank: البنك العربي Abu Dhabi Amman, Jordan: ASE: ARBK ...

  6. What is offshore banking? - AOL

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    Before opening offshore accounts, it’s important to consider the potential downsides to offshore banking. High costs : The costs of setting up and maintaining an account can be high.

  7. List of banks in the Isle of Man - Wikipedia

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    Standard Bank; Standard Bank Offshore Standard Bank Isle of Man Limited Douglas, Isle of Man Isle of Man Bank; Coutts Crown Dependencies; NatWest International; NatWest; RBS International: The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited St. Helier, Jersey Standard Bank: The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Johannesburg, South Africa

  8. Grindlays Bank - Wikipedia

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    Standard Chartered Bank had sold its shares in Standard Bank of South Africa to the bank's existing shareholders in 1987 to escape anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa. In 2000, ANZ sold its Grindlays subsidiary to Standard Chartered for US$1.34 (A$2.2) billion in cash, [13] which merged it with its existing banking operations.

  9. Offshore financial centre - Wikipedia

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    The definition of an offshore financial centre dates back to academic papers by Dufry & McGiddy (1978), and McCarthy (1979) regarding locations that are: Cities, areas or countries which have made a conscious effort to attract offshore banking business, i.e., non-resident foreign currency denominated business, by allowing relatively free entry ...