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Non-resident UK citizen looking for a good offshore account?

I have been a customer of the Bank of Scotland for more than thirty years, most of those as non-resident. Now they tell me that they cannot continue to operate my account and are trying to persuade me to move to an off shore account I have a fairly substantial amount on deposit as well as a current account. The new rate of interest on transferring my deposit account is quite ludicrous. 1.5% as opposed to a very modest 2.7%. Does anyone have experience of operating an offshore current and deposit account with which they are satisfied?

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  • Steve
    Lv 5
    9 years ago
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    Offshore accounts do not operate the same way as standard current accounts - they are personal or private accounts and you will have an account adviser who will discuss the options open to you. There is no need to look at which bank to go to, but the most important thing is the relationship with your adviser So if you look at a few potential candidate banks in a particular area, make sure that you meet with whoever will look after your money. Try to find somewhere that is not too difficult to get to, such as Switzerland, Luxembourg, Andorra, Channel Islands or Isle of Man and then choose from there. Nowadays, there is not such a big difference between the countries and their institutions and there are laws in place in all these countries to prevent money laundering and to compensate for tax avoidance. Generally small banks are better as they are more personable and not prone to unhappy staff divulging account details to tax authorities.

    By the way, I am not sure why they tell you that they cannot operate your account any more. It sounds to me like you are not a profitable client as you don't go overdrawn and it costs them money to send statements and so on to you. British banks make their profits (or losses) by charging clients ridiculous rates for all manner of things while at the same time pretending that their services are free. 30 years of loyalty to the bank means nothing to them, so I would advise you to find another bank.

    Source(s): Working in offshore banking sector.
  • puente
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    in spite of if that is for a `retail` account, that is amazingly perplexing, as banks are certain via anti-funds laundering rules to make a favorable id of their clientele earlier they open account, and in many situations this needs to be carried out via an approved officer of the financial organization. something exterior of the `time-honored` banking provider and that they'll might desire to bypass for the time of the motions to brush off the assumption you're performing illegitimately (eg., channelling funds for drug cartels, tax evasion, terrorism etc) regardless of the reality that, many banks have `off shore` money owed for non-uk citizens, yet those are constrained interior the attain to uk centers and are based in factors like Jersey on the BVI. The might additionally in many situations choose to work out an substantial quantity of money from you as risk-free practices, for the time of the account on a month-to-month foundation. Oh, and assume to get hit with heavy expenditures for the `provider`. the different difficulty, they'll in many situations choose to understand why you decide on the account - so verify you're waiting with a solid reason.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    http://europacbank.com/#offshorebank , easy to open in just 2 days.

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