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How over-compliance in the banking sector threatens to kill Cyprus as a business center.

How over-compliance in the banking sector threatens to kill Cyprus as a business center.

Cypriot banks are under extreme pressure, the last few months, by their regulator, the Central Bank of Cyprus, as regards the opening and operation of bank accounts of companies belonging to non-Cypriots. This pressure culminates in an over-compliance policy that threatens to kill Cyprus’s position as an international business center. It all began last May… Read More

8 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

3 min

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