shell bank definition

shell bank means a bank which is incorporated in a country where it has no physical presence and is unaffiliated to any regulated financial group.
shell bank means a credit institution or financial institution, or an institution that carries out activities equivalent to those carried out by credit institutions and financial institutions, incorporated in a jurisdiction in which it has no physical presence, involving meaningful mind and management, and which is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group.
shell bank means a bank that has no physical presence in the country in which it is incorporated and licensed, and which is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group that is subject to effective consolidated supervision;

Examples of shell bank in a sentence

  • Purchaser is not an institution that accepts currency for deposit and that (i) has no physical presence in the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or in which it is operating and (ii) is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group that is subject to consolidated supervision (a “Shell Bank”) or providing banking services to a Shell Bank.

  • Purchaser is not an institution that accepts currency for deposit and that (a) has no physical presence in the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or in which it is operating and (b) is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group that is subject to consolidated supervision (a “Shell Bank”) or providing banking services to a Shell Bank.

  • Dealer will not refer business from, or offer Shares to any investor that, to its knowledge, is a Prohibited Foreign Shell Bank or that is subject to special measures pursuant to Section 311 of the PATRIOT Act.


More Definitions of shell bank

shell bank shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.2(f).
shell bank means a credit institution or an institution engaged in equivalent activities incorporated in a jurisdiction which it has no physical presence, involving meaningful mind and management, and which is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group.
shell bank means a bank that has no physical presence in the country or territory in which it is incorporated and licensed and which is not a member of a group of bodies corporate which is subject to effective consolidated supervision.
shell bank means a credit institution (or a body corporate that is engaged in activities equivalent to a credit institution) that—
shell bank means a bank incorporated in a jurisdiction in which it has no physical presence and which is not an Affiliate of a regulated bank or a regulated financial group;
shell bank means a bank that has no physical presence in the country in which it is incorporated and licensed, and which is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group that is subject to effective consolidated supervision. Physical presence means meaningful mind and management located within a country. The existence simply of a local agent or low-level staff does not constitute physical presence.
shell bank means a bank incorporated in a jurisdiction in which it has no physical presence and which is unaffiliated with a regulated financial group;