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In order to better serve you and to avoid any possible
delay in opening your personal or corporate account, we kindly ask you to
complete the respective forms and send in the required documents.
Please note that all documents should be in the English
language. The forms are in a
PDF format (get
the reader).
Application Forms: Complete
the application form to open an account, including the section for
signatures. This section must capture the signatures of all the parties to
the account.
Personal
Application OR Corporate Application
Operation and Verification of Account Agreement
Anticipated Activity for New Accounts
Banking and
Signing Resolution of Directors
Signature Record
Declaration of Source of Funds (Only to be completed when requested by the bank)
References: Please note
that in order to establish an account with us, non-residents of Belize are
required to provide a notarized copy of a picture ID (preferably from a passport)
along with two up to date banker's references which should evidence a
banking relationship for eighteen months or more. These references should
be sent directly from your bank to the attention of the undersigned. Faxed
references are accepted but a hard copy should follow within two weeks.
The information requested should be as detailed as possible and must
include information on the type of relationship you have with the
institution (e.g. a depositing or borrowing relationship), the amount of
business conducted with the institution (e.g. high five figures or low
four figures etc.) and any other basic information that shows satisfactory
operation on your behalf. These references would need to be provided for
all signatories on the account.
Identification: We require
an identification (preferably a passport), which bears the customer's
picture and signature. If the customer is not in Belize, the copy of the
identification must be notarized.
Confirmation of Address: Street
and country address of the parties to the account is required.
Trust Accounts: In order to
open a Trust account with us, the requirements are similar to those
outlined above for other accounts in that we would require bankers
references etc. for all parties involved in the trust including the
settler, trustee, beneficiaries and a protector if applicable. We would
also need to be supplied with a copy of the Declaration of Trust and if
any of the parties to the trust were a company, we would need to obtain
the information outlined above for the principals of the company.
Company Accounts: In order
to open the account for an IBC, in addition to references and
identification, we will also need:
- 1. A copy of the Memorandum and Articles of
Association
- 2. A copy of the Certificate of Incorporation
- 3. A copy of the Share Certificate of the company.
- 4. Certificate of good standing if the IBC
was not incorporated in Belize
If the company was incorporated with Bearer shares we
need to have a written undertaking from the owner of the IBC that those
shares will not be transferred to anyone else without our prior knowledge.
IBC Request Form
Bearer Share Undertaking
All documents should be in the English Language.
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