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O Νόμος που αφορά την αναστολή των δόσεων δανείων.

Banking & Finance

The new AML Directive by the Central Bank and shell companies-February 2019

The Central Bank of Cyprus (‘CBC’) has issued last February 2019 the 5th edition of the Directive on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (‘the CBC AML/CFT Directive’) which replaced the previous 4th edition of December 2013 as well as the amendments to the fourth edition of April 2016 and July 2017. The new… Read More

4 min
What are shell companies?

Banking & Finance

What are shell companies?

The Central Bank of Cyprus issued on 02/11/2018 a Circular to the commercial banks of Cyprus defining the term "shell company". This Circular comes following an earlier Circular dated 14/06/2018 which signified the intention of the Central Bank to adopt a definition of shell companies. The June Circular caused a lot of unrest and uncertainty… Read More

4 min
O Νόμος που αφορά την αναστολή των δόσεων δανείων.

Banking & Finance

The Central Bank of Cyprus proposes new definition on shell companies.

The Central of Cyprus (CBC) informed last week the commercial banks of the island that it will amend the Anti Money Laundering Directive to include a new definition of shell companies. The aim of the CBC is “force” commercial banks to cease any business relationship with companies coming from zero tax jurisdictions like Seychelles, Belize and the BVI and introduce… Read More

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