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Are You in Hong Kong? Here’s Why You Need an Offshore Bank Account
Hong Kong If you’re in Hong Kong, here’s why you need an offshore bank account. Hong Kong has long been recognised as an offshore banking centre, but now is in its first recession in a decade. Since the protests started in earnest in early June, Hong Kong stocks have...
How to Open an Offshore Bank Account for HNWI
An offshore bank offers financial services, like payment accounts and lending, to both foreign individuals and companies from an offshore financial center. Offshore banks have their own policies with whom they do business, however, all must adhere to global know your...
Why You Want to Hold Your Digital Assets with a Bank
Providers of digital asset custody must offer services on par with global custodial standards in order for digital asset adoption, especially amongst HNWIs and corporations, to grow. Financial custodians have historically played a vital role in the financial and...
Forbes – Is 2019 the Year in Which Crypto Finally Gets Connected to the Global Financial System?
Looking at the state of the blockchain in 2018, we have to ask ourselves - is crypto banking the unbanked or unbanking the banked? Following the incredible bull run of 2017, which attracted unprecedented attention towards Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, 2018 was...
Fxstreet.com – Why is it so hard to bank crypto?
As a digital nomad who is constantly moving between countries the world over, access to cash and banking services is an ever-present concern. Modern banking has made leaps and bounds in the past few decades to the point where now traveler's cheques are a thing of the...
Techbullion.com – Are We Approaching ‘Big Money’ Conditions in Cryptocurrency Markets?
By TechBullion PR The absence of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) has kept crypto markets hovering at a relatively modest $220 billion total market cap. However, recent stability in bitcoin prices poses the question of whether markets are growing to be mature enough...
Bitcoin Exchange Guide – Are Real Banks Of Today Using Crypto Technology Known As Blockchain
Despite all of the hate that has come in the way of cryptocurrency in recent times, there is no denying that the technology has garnered the attention of various traditional financial institutions and investors. However, in the midst of all this, it is important to...
Irishtechnews.io – How Blockchain Might Affect Cross Border Payments
by Aubrey Hansen The world of traditional finance has started to take notice of blockchain but could still find themselves left behind. Blockchain – or distributed ledger technology – is far quicker in sending money between currencies than the traditional system on...
My Entrepreneur Magazine – EQIBank on track to secure €50bn in custody assets by mid-2019
My Entrepreneur Magazine is told that EQIBank, the world’s first licenced and regulated bank for national currencies, crypto and digital assets, expects to secure €50bn in custody assets by July 2019 and hold €10bn under deposit by the end of 2019. Founded by former...
EQIBank October Update
Partnership with Yingke International Announced Great partnerships mean great business, so we’re excited to announce our partnership with Yingke International. Based in Beijing, Yingke Law Firm is the largest direct-invested law firm in the Asia Pacific...