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Is Bank Secrecy Disappearing?

In recent months, news surrounding international bank secrecy has taken center stage across various media outlets and government discussions. From the UBS probe to the Stanford scandal, bank secrecy has been attacked and shrouded as illegal tax evasion or unsavory business practice. While certain individuals, including those at the heart of the UBS scheme and Alan Stanford, use offshore bank secrecy to break laws, many just business owners seek bank secrecy and offshore advantages for legitimate, legal reasons. Switzerland is just one nation currently on the chopping block regarding its bank secrecy laws. Swiss officials are playing a delicate balance of providing legal alternative banking options to principled persons while complying with international economic laws to avoid criminal activity.

How to Transfer Money to India

With a populace of over 1 billion, India is an stellar environment for finance, with cutting edge technology leading the Indian financial scene into the future. India has over 32-thousand ATMs as of December 31, 2007, but an increasing number of customers are finding that the need to visit a bank branch or ATM location is not what it used to be, due to state-of-the-art technological advances.

Working Capital Management and Commercial Finance Consulting

Small business owners are likely to need working capital finance and business finance consulting help to resolve complications that have developed during the current financial crisis. While commercial borrowers increasingly need effective commercial financing advice, such help is not always readily available.

Providing Safe and Secure Money Transport

From the days of the Pony Express, when riders would journey alone on horse back across hundreds of miles of wilderness delivering mail to towns and communities scattered throughout the west to the bullion cargo carriers that drove horse draw stagecoaches from the frontier towns to the western territories, banks and post offices have been utilizing security pouches and bank bags to transport important mail and currency.

Black Monday – Stock Market Crash of October 19th, 1987

On October 19th, 1987, the stock market experienced one of “…the largest one day stock market crash{es} in history”. The Dow went down by a value of $500 billion

Investment Risks Rooted in Human Behavior

Traditionally, when risk is talked about in investing, everyone talks about market risks and to some degree investor risk tolerance. The reality is that there are so many more risks which need to be addressed which all have an impact on the investment decisions made. These additional risks are behavioral.

How to Get a Canadian Grant

When it comes to obtaining a Canadian grant, there are hundreds of corporations and foundations that are seeking worthy individuals and initiatives in which to invest. Community based and educational functions are prime candidates for government funded grants. Key individuals who qualify are also highly looked upon for receiving funding….

Financially Surviving Divorce

Financial pressure has lead many couples to decide to split. If you have filed for divorce, get tips about how to survive the financial division of a household and costs of the divorce process.

Constructing Your Financial Profile – Your Stage of Life

When you sit down with a professional financial planner, the first thing he or she does is construct your personal financial profile. You should begin there, too. A financial profile is a snapshot of your life as you live it day by day. And it is the cornerstone of your personal financial plan.

Ride Out the Recession – Financial Security Tips

The economic downturn is now an established fact, and if you have not already done what you can to hedge against the negative effects of the recession, it is definitely time to start doing so. How can you do this?

How Interior and Northern Florida Homeowners Subsidize Beachfront Estate Insurance

Most consumers don’t have time to read the fine print on their Florida home insurance bill. They don’t realize that even those who live in interior, landlocked, Northern Counties are subsidizing the cost of home insurance for those who live on the Florida coast. Here’s why you are paying the Florida home insurance bill of someone else, even when you are buying auto or business insurance!

Child Trust Funds

My granddaughter has received her child trust fund money and my daughter wanted to know what to do with it. I was also thinking about adding to it, so wondered if you had any thoughts on the better schemes and child trust funds in general.

Financial Freedom in Credit Crisis

It is said that crisis can be opportunity riding a dangerous wind. Where is the opportunity for you when all you hear is more bad news? Money is not being lost, it is not disappearing off the planet. Those that are in the know, know where it’s going and this article will show you this perspective and help you find the direction to not just survive but to thrive in this “crisis”.