Bank Map: File Request

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Concept

The bank map by jurisdiction and activity type is a working document we use when selecting banking infrastructure for clients. It is more comprehensive than any overview article: for each bank—legal entity, regulator, deposit insurance, minimum thresholds for different types of relationships, activity type (commercial, corporate, investment, private, custody, universal), strengths and weaknesses for specific client profiles.

The document is updated more frequently than it makes sense to maintain in the wiki: mergers and acquisitions happen regularly (in 2023 UBS acquired Credit Suisse, in 2024 RBC acquired HSBC Canada), regulatory requirements change, banks gain and lose capabilities to serve certain client categories.

Therefore, we maintain the map as a separate file and send it by email upon request.

What's in the Map

For each bank in the file:

legal entity, regulator, deposit insurance with current limit;
activity type (commercial, corporate, investment, private, custody, universal)—with explanation of what specific products the institution offers;
minimum AuM thresholds for different relationship levels (from regular account to private banking and family office);
availability of international services for non-residents and their terms;
KYC specifics and most common reasons for rejection;
history of working with clients from your jurisdiction (where applicable and publicly known);
our internal assessment based on a combination of factors.

Separate sections for typical scenarios: company operating account, corporate reserve, private individual account for savings, private banking for UHNW, custody for portfolio assets, bank for family office.

Who Receives It

The map is free. After filling out the form, a consultant sends the file along with a brief note—which banks typically fit the profile from your request. We do not make additional sales pitches or serial mailings; the decision to continue correspondence is yours.

Request Form

We ask for the minimum: last and first name, email for delivery, phone, country of tax residence, brief description of the task in one or two sentences—corporate or private account, what amounts, what currencies, what types of operations are important.

Without a task description, the map becomes a list without context. With a description—we can immediately indicate in the email two or three banks that make sense to consider first.