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Opening Swiss
Corporate Bank Account
We can
refer you to two Bank in Switzerland to open corporate
account.
Corporate
accounts require extensive documentation about the
company and all documents have to be authenticated
according to the bank's exact instructions. Each
country requires different documents, so contact us
beforehand. Corporate accounts typically take
several weeks to be set up and we cannot describe
the set-up process as straightforward.
Please be advised that we need information about
both the company's business and its beneficial
owners.
We charge 149 U$D to open corporate accounts, no matter
the type of account.
After your order within a day or two you will have receive
an account manager or you can also follow application via
phone. You will be sent corporate forms to fill in.
Certified copy of incorporations company documents are
usually required.
Swiss Corporate Account
CHF 300 per
year for corporate account is the fee.
Depending on
the kind of business you have, the Bank will require extra
documents. The following legal form will be applied. Bank
will need the document in parentheses for identification.
Association (Articles of Association and/or commercial
register extract)
Association with commercial purpose (Articles of Association
and/or commercial register extract)
Cooperative (Commercial register extract)
Foreign legal status (Commercial register extract or similar
document)
General pertnership (Commercial register extract)
Limited liability company (Commercial register extract)
Limited partnership (Commercial register extract)
Fundation (Deed of foundation and/or Commercial register
extract)
Public administration (Extract from the Commercial Register,
if entered in the Commercial Register, proof of
identification of the accountholder/s)
Public corpeartion/institute (Extract from the Commercial
Register, if entered in the Commercial Register, proof of
identification of the accountholder/s)
Public limited company (Commercial register extract)
Simple partnership with a commercial purpose and with a
written partnership agreement (proof of identification of
the accountholder/s)
Simple partnership with a commercial purpose and without a
written partnership agreement (proof of identification of
the accountholder/s)
Simple partnership with no commercial purpose and with a
written partnership agreement (proof of identification of
the accountholder/s)
Simple partnership with no commercial purpose and without a
written partnership agreement (proof of identification of
the accountholder/s)
Sole proprietorship (Extract from the Commercial Register,
if entered in the Commercial Register, proof of
identification of the accountholder/s)
No minimum deposit required.
Credit card available against colllateral deposit.
CHF 300 per year for corporate account is the fee.
Bank profile:
The Bank is Switzerland's leading provider of online
financial and trading services. Listed on the Swiss Market
Exchange since May 29, 2000, has its headquarters in Gland
(VD) and a branch in Glattzentrum (ZH).
The Bank holds a banking licence issued by the Swiss Banking
Commission, and is a member of the Swiss Bankers
Association.As Switzerland’s principal online bank, manages
accounts in CHF, EUR and USD (and in virtually all other
currencies on request), pays interest on CHF and
foreign-currency accounts, acts as custodian for all types
of securities, advances secured loans, advises on the
investment of liquid funds in term deposits and money-market
investment funds, keeps banking correspondence in safe
custody and offers a choice of three credit cards. It
operates a three-level access identification system.
It offers simple, rapid, electronic dealing in shares,
funds, options, warrants and bonds in the following markets:
SWX, Virt-X, Bern, Nasdaq, NYSE, Amex, German markets
(Xetra, Euwax, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich, Berlin-Bremen,
Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover), Euronext (Paris, Amsterdam,
Brussels), Canada (Toronto and TSX Venture), and
Scandinavian markets (Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen)
– not forgetting the foreign-exchange market and
off-exchange trading (outside stock-exchange dealing hours)
in derivative products (Citibank, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank
and Vontobel). The trading room is linked to more than 60
stock markets in over 40 countries, and can therefore
conduct off-line transactions by phone.
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Time
Corporate
Investment Bank Account
The minimum amount to open an account is 5000 CHF (about
4000$).
Bank do not offer debit cards or credit cards. You can make
withdrawals by wire transfer.
You select the currency in which you want the account to be.
You also have the possibility to have sub-accounts in other
major currencies (usd, chf, eur, gbp, plz, sgd, hkd,.....)
There is no maintenance fee. The only fees on the account
are for trades.
US entities will only be able to trade Forex.
Support in English, French, Deutsch, Italian and Spanish.
Switzerland's banking secret is mostly for tax issues. Bank
do not provide information on to tax authorities.
For the account opening process, it is required: ck-list 1b
Sujet : Liste des documents à fournir pour l'ouverture d'un
I. For commercial companies
1. Filling in of the profile for the account opening by a
legal entity.
2. Collection of the following documents:
Certified copy of a certificate of incorporation of the
company. The certified copy of the certificate of
incorporation of the company should not be older than 12
months. The certificate of incorporation printed on the
Internet should bear the same date as the request for the
account opening.
Certified copy of identification documents for all
authorised signatories of the company.
Certified copy of memorandum and articles of association.
Last audited financial statements (not mandatory but
recommended).
If the beneficial owner is not the company itself but an
individual, then all documents required for the account
opening by an individual must be collected, that is:
Certified copy of an identification document.
Profile for individuals.
Utility bill (not older than 3 months) in order to
confirm the current address of the person.
If applicable, powers of attorney (not older than 12
months) for third parties authorised to manage the account.
NB: The certification of the documents can be effected by a
notary public or a public authority (in Switzerland post
offices may also certify documents).
II. For domiciliary companies (often called "offshore"
companies although domiciliary companies may be either Swiss
or foreign)
1. Filling in of the profile for the account opening by a
legal entity.
2. Collection of the following documents:
Certified copy of a certificate of incorporation of the
company.. The certified copy of the certificate of
incorporation of the company should not be older than 12
months. The certificate of incorporation printed on the
Internet should bear the same date as the request for the
account opening.
Sujet : Liste des documents à fournir pour l'ouverture d'un
compte par une personne morale (version anglaise) Check-list
1b
If the certificate of incorporation is older than 12
months, then the following documents must be collected:
either a certificate of good standing not older than 12
months. This document equals a certificate of incorporation;
it is an official certificate confirming that the company is
duly incorporated, that all taxes have been paid, that its
most recent annual report has been filed, and that articles
of dissolution have not been filed. In addition to the
certificate of good standing, certified copies of the
resolutions (not older than 12 months) of the company
appointing the members of the board of directors as well as
the officers of the company.
or a certificate of incumbency not older than 12 months.
This document covers the information provided in the
certificate of good standing and lists the members of the
board of directors as well as the officers of the company.
Certified copy of identification documents for all
authorised signatories of the company.
Certified copy of memorandum and articles of association.
Either a resolution or a power of attorney (not older
than 12 months) issued by the board of directors, covering
the following issues:
Appointment of the persons authorised to sign the account
opening documents.
Appointment of the persons authorised to manage the
account.
For the individual being the beneficial owner (NB: for an
offshore company, the beneficial owner cannot be the
company) all documents required for the opening of an
account by an individual must be collected, that is:
Certified copy of an identification document.
Profile for individuals.
Utility bill (not older than 3 months) in order to
confirm the current address of the person.
NB: The certification of the documents can be effected by a
notary public or a public authority (in Switzerland post
offices may also certify documents).
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Time
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