APGI - Offshore Personal Numbered Account

Offshore Personal Numbered Account

Application Fee: €200.00

Offshore Personal Numbered Account

In the past the Swiss numbered bank account was one of the most sought after banking accounts on the planet. Many individuals and companies interested in maintaining their personal privacy have and still pay thousands of dollars in order to obtain a numbered account. APGI offers one of the best offshore numbered bank accounts available via a safe offshore bank. Our numbered account is our affiliate bank's internal measures to limit the risks of bank secrecy violation while providing a unique offshore bank account to clients. The management of any account entails risks of some private information leakage that certain clients are not ready to assume. A bank order passes through many hands before it is fully processed. Most "typical" bank documents contain both the name or company name and number of the client. All of the people who have access to these documents are obviously subject to bank secrecy. As the numbered bank account does not contain any information other than the name of the bank as well as the number assigned to the account, there is no information whatsoever that would lead others to believe that the numbered account belongs to you.

Our numbered account is an anonymous account and the information needed to open the account is minimal.

Offshore numbered account has become a fairly wide term over the past decade, and it has become increasingly difficult to correctly define its meaning across the variety of offshore jurisdictions. Despite the banking haven or the bank -- the term "numbered account" has always indicated an increased privacy for the account holder.

Many people are familiar with the legendary Swiss numbered account once sought after by the rich and famous around the world. Although the traditional Swiss numbered account no longer exists, Swiss banks still offer numbered accounts.

Up until 1992, it was possible for an attorney to open a Swiss bank account on behalf of his client, without having to reveal the client's identity to the bank. In effect, the bank had no idea whose money it was handling. The same practice was carried out in Liechtenstein until 1999.

Because the bank had no information as to the account holder's true identity, there was no way to refer to the account other than by its number - therefore the term numbered account was used in order to describe the account.

Currently, the term numbered account usually suggests an account where the bank takes additional steps to protect the account holder's identity. A typical numbered account, in Switzerland or elsewhere, will offer some or all of the following features:

• The bank's computer records deliberately omit the account holder's name, or any other details that might reveal the account holder's identity. A numbered account is referred to under a number (or a code name) only. Therefore, most bank employees have no idea who such an account belongs to. The identity of the account holder is only known to senior bank management and is limited to one or two individuals in total.
• As a result, no paperwork produced in relation to the account, such as account statements, will provide any evidence as to the account holder's true identity should it end up in the hands of a third party.
• The account number alone, or an account code name is sufficient to route wire transfers into the account. This protects against paper trail as sending banks do not learn the name of the recipient.
• Outgoing payments made from a numbered account do not give the name of the account holder away. Most banks just indicate "one of our clients" or similar as the sender.

Although Switzerland deserves the credit for the term numbered account, there are other places to go for the kind of discretion we have outlined above. Banks in Liechtenstein, Switzerland's tiny neighbor, as well those in Austria, also open numbered accounts, as do banks in many offshore tax havens around the world. We currently offer a numbered bank account in a EU jurisdiction which is actually under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction as all funds are held accordingly in order to prevent EU interference. This provides our clients with a safe and stable numbered account with all of the features and benefits.

Most Swiss Banks expect a significant deposit from anybody asking to open a numbered account, as well as an annual maintenance fee. Our numbered bank account does not require significant deposits as well as high maintenance fees. You can even use E-Gold to fund the account as well as E-Bullion, Western Union and other popular money transfer methods.

Documents needed to open a Numbered Bank Account:

The following documents are needed in order to open an offshore numbered account:

• Online form.
• ID requirements - good quality scanned copy of ID is required solely for the purpose of filling in the Numbered Account Settlement Agreement. Only 2 persons will have the access to your ID. Your name and surname will not be mentioned in any transactions.
• Account opening fee - 300 Euro.
• 1 set of the Account settlement Agreement Signed.
• Correspondence address, phone and/or fax number and e-mail of contact person is required. (P.O. Boxes will be accepted!).

Once you have paid the application fee we will send you the necessary instructions in order to complete the account opening procedure by e-mail. It will take about 15 minutes to complete the form as well as gather the needed information and documentation in order to complete the account opening process.

Reasons for using a Personal Numbered Account:

• Adverse Credit in your current jurisdiction.
• Asset Protection from lawsuits, divorce, etc.
• Relocation to another jurisdiction where banking is not stable.
• Receipt of settlement, winnings, or inheritance.
• High liability profession (i.e. doctor, lawyer, accountant, consultant)
• Tax Deferral.
• Desire to protect personal privacy.

Fees:

The Offshore Personal Numbered Account is priced as follows:

€200.00 - application fee

An additional fee of €300.00 is payable to the bank upon submitting the application. We do charge an application fee up front in order to reduce the number of erroneous applications filed by individuals who will not complete the application process.