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offshore

based or operating abroad in places where the tax system is more advantageous than that of the home country

offshore

[′ȯf¦shȯr]

(geology)

The comparatively flat zone of variable width extending from the outer margin of the shoreface to the edge of the continental shelf.

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The MAS earlier renamed ''restricted banks'' as ''wholesale banks'' to simplify its licensing system to a two-tier regime of full banks and wholesale banks from its three-tier regime of full, restricted and offshore banks.

Singapore allows 3 Japanese banks to expand activities

But the legitimate reasons for offshore banks provide a useful cover.

Fool Me Twice

The central bank of Taiwan has said that offshore banks will begin to take yuan deposits.

-Taiwan central bank says offshore banks to take yuan deposits

Most offshore banks will offer accounts in the major currencies and the currencies most used by expatriates," Ashley notes.

No longer the preserve of the super-rich

A similar agency existed before the fraud scheme, but only monitored offshore banks.

Effort to revive financial sector

The Offshore Banking Act, 1996, governs activities of Belize's offshore banks.

Belize

It also provides services to foreign banking institutions that do not have a presence in the United States, offshore banks and offshore trust companies.

Steel Hector & Davis LLP. (Focus on Special Advertising Feature)

Using offshore banks for privacy and tax avoidance will not work.

Avoiding the taxman's prying eyes?

FIBG was reportedly the first offshore bank to be licensed and begin operations here and Creft was the chief regulator for offshore banks.