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    Is being a director an additional compliance risk?

    Imagine you open a personal bank account, being asked about your job you answer: Director/CEO. Does it entail more questions regarding your company? Articles of incorporation requests? KYC not only for you but for your business? Should one appoint himself to be not only Director, but also Head...
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    Obligations to KYC your customers

    Hi, Imagine a company using a payment agent to accept credit cards / crypto. E.g. Stripe or Bitpay. Are there any obligations to check who are the customers? I mean it probably depends much on the country of incorporation / your bank, but am I right that usually the payment agent would be...
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    Dividends as SoF

    Hi, I have a difficult situation with my crypto cashouts. I have some crypto from long ago, with documents confirming getting the coins when they were cheap, but no history of transactions over the years, also bad passport etc. I have a bank that accepts not-so-large withdrawals from crypto...
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    Compliance, acceptable residency

    Place of residence is one of more important factors for various compliance departments. It's much more difficult to open a bank account if you live in Russia than if you live in France. I have a few specific places in mind where I live / lived / consider moving / consider getting a residence...
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    Banking in Latin America

    I've been in Latin America once and going for a second trip soon. I'm always looking for personal banking options as it's difficult now for me. Are there worthy places? As Switzerland, "Switzerland of Asia" being Singapore, "Switzerland of Middle Easy" being UAE etc. What is Switzerland of South...
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    Legal Residence vs Tax Residence for a bank

    Imagine a person holding a few residence permits (including high tax high reputation country, for example Germany) and being tax resident in one country (tax-free, bad reputation, say, Bahamas). He can produce proof of address for all the countries (say, renting a few places and traveling...
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    Selling companies with bank accounts

    There are lots of offers to buy a ready-made shelf companies with a bank account on the Internet. I believe @Clearsky Network is doing this. How does it work? My understanding is the bank would do KYC once again if the authorized person on the bank account changes and may very well close the...
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    Spain residency - tax precautions

    I'm getting a residence permit in Spain now. Don't plan to live there, but Barcelona is nice, I usually spend 3-4 months a year there, also my passport does not let me travel to Schengen visa-free so residence permit would be helpful. I'm going for the golden visa - buying commercial real...

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