An offshore bank is a bank located outside the country of residence of the depositor, that provides financial and legal advantages. These advantages typically include:
A commercial bank is just a regular bank (Bank of America, Wachovia, etc.)
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Offshore banks are banks that are out of the country of where the depositor is from or resides. The advantages of offshore banks are that they feature less taxes. Examples can include Swiss banks or Cayman Island banks.
The difference between the commercial banks and micro finance banks is in their functions and ability. The main difference is in the lending limits with micro finance banks having lower limits.
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Total number of private commercial banks is 36 including 8 Islamic commercial banks. And there are 9 foreign commercial banks in Bangladesh.
Some functions of offshore banking include asset protection and privacy Tax relief for business relations is another function of offshore banks.
The biggest difference is the risk level. Banks are more regulated than a finance company. Finance company's maybe able to lend money or credit to someone who was unable to obtain funds from a bank.
There isn't a merge between commercial banks and co-op credit unions because banks are individually owned and operated while co-ops are member owned and controlled. They are ran differently which is why they do not merge.
Offshore banks are often used solely for the benefits they provide. Offshore banks are most commonly located in low tax areas of the world, outside the domestic country of whomever owns the bank account, which provides the benefit of paying low or no taxes on the currency held within the bank account/s. Other benefits of offshore banks may include more lenient withdrawal / deposit policies and limitations, making it easier to access funds, and better privacy. In using offshore banks it is also easier to avoid having accounts frozen or funds seized.
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Merchant Banking refers to negotiated private equity investment by financial institutions in the unregistered securities of either privately or publicly held companies. A bank that offers these services is called a merchant bank. Both commercial and investment banks may engage in merchant banking activities. The original purpose of merchant banks was to facilitate and/or finance production and trade of commodities and hence the name "merchant" Commercial banks are the normal banks that provide day to day banking services like checking/saving accounts, fixed deposits, loans etc.
we take/borrow money from the commercial banks and the commercial banks take/borrow money from the reserve bank