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		<title>Panama legal offshore services</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Employing the offshore techniques; </strong><br />
The taxes are legally to employ the offshore techniques for banking incorporations. It may seem as a associates for the negative media but actually they are running the various scenario and facts.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Employing the offshore techniques; </strong><br />
The taxes are legally to employ the offshore techniques for banking incorporations. It may seem as a associates for the negative media but actually they are running the various scenario and facts.<br />
Many of them could be of without a merit and it will be propagated with the tax laws inherits from the coffees to entitles the legal operation for the country where you would like to subject for the work. It is rather discriminate to the criminal as a writer over the politician to raise high up with the taxes and the operation would be subject through out the country.<br />
It could shrink the expenses and increase the hazardous of the taxes for a normal man of the country to get the end meeting for the family and your own.<br />
Income taxes would alive temporary; this is the temporary tax since the pay for the world war would be cost as per seconds and there is nothing seems to be an income. The introduction of the income by many governments has been announced as the income taxes and the citizens ahs been paying from the income that they are entertaining with the job or the business they are entitled with.<br />
The income tax is the only issue that will always raise high besides going down for every common man and woman for a particular country. This is sometimes could be ridiculous when it appears at the beginning of the income for anybody. The collapse will be gradually raise high and the problem will keep growing the phenomenon changes that would have been made for a particular income that you would be entitled with.<br />
An individual could be responsible with the money that he is earning from a place and that will be written as his income tax he has to done. It might be a complex issue for many peoples but it is to utilize the affairs that a country has had for a citizen. The different strategy and goals needed for every individual to meet their financial goals when it comes to income taxes.</p>
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		<title>Panama banking and economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dollarization;</strong> as far as tax havens is concern, the Panama has a great uniqueness with its quality for the currency that they have not own but they are employing the united states currency with the trade and the exports that&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dollarization;</strong> as far as tax havens is concern, the Panama has a great uniqueness with its quality for the currency that they have not own but they are employing the united states currency with the trade and the exports that they are involved with. It mints own coins since there have established a scenario to not creating a central bank and will owe the United States dollars as their own currency. This is the phenomenon factor for any currently and the Panama has proved that all.<br />
<strong>Dollar stability in Panama;</strong> the Panama has a significant figure to create the economic stability from the neighbors and the dollar is another currency for the Ecuador. The offshore banking will be like a retirement that will be work for the banking and the tax havens to make profitable with the retirement concern.<br />
The house printed currency has never been a part for the Panama and this was the only reason they have suffered with the economy for many years but brave Panama has done a marvelous job against all odds. It’s not going to be the 100 consecutive years when the dollars played an important role for the Panama and them system to owe the currency that they never want to. The fluctuations always occur to them with the currency and the economy due to the mismatching and speculator attacks. The market price always seemed to be the short term as far as dollar is concern.<br />
<strong>No <a href="http://www.panamabanklist.com/panama-banking-system/panama-has-no-central-bank/">central bank for Panama</a>;</strong> Panama banks are completely controlled by the national banking commission and it was always remaining in lack of the Federal Reserve System for banks like it is in united stated. In such country they hardly go for printing the currency rather they look forward to the own mint that could be the choices for borrows of a computer entry for the central bank.<br />
The national debt and interest are the major cause that reflects the whole scenario for the banks and to enjoy them with profitability. The interest is definitely get printed for the money and the constituents the expected to be paid upon. It is rather beyond the limits of the country that has no facility to print the currency or print and try them as governs for the national currency.<br />
Panama is happening to eliminate this choice and they have chosen to use the United States dollar as their own currency that is privately owned. The pocket will filled up with the interest for the currency with the government to the people and there are much curious ways to explore in case Panama has depicted its chance to go for the currency and establishment for its own reserve banking system.<br />
Where there is a bank available for the people to enjoy with the government controlled and insured with the banking practice there are the insurance agency for the people to get them bad. A central bank really could have a meaning to change the facts and figure for the Panama but they never ever had tried to get it on with their own currency. This was could be a better choice for them to improve with the economy and the reserve banking system to maintain the char of the people to believe in their own currency. A country using the gold and silver coins surely become the best but the backed gold and paper money should have been a better choice for them. The dollarization really leads them to enjoy with the collecting huge interest with the stability in population.<br />
Panama people do not have any income tax pay off for the first USD 9000 income and average wage would be approximately USD 300 per month. The education system, health programs and many more will really give the people a better chance to live in such place and this is monetizing that the government to follow a certain budgetary.<br />
<strong>Without any foreign <a href="http://www.panamabanklist.com/banks-quality/panama-banks-going-bad-with-loan-increase/">loans</a>;</strong> it could seem very appreciable for any country if they do not have any running foreign loans so that Panama has done. If any country gets the foreign loans then it is aggressively extent to be the most called foreign loans. This is called as the members of the private bankers that are trying to shrink in case you have become a citizen for a country that will aid for the loans you are fully interested. Panama does not want to involve with such money that causes such loans or the grants from the bill.<br />
<strong>Panama has become military free place;</strong> there is no military for the Panama has ever established and the central bank issued the money for conducting the wars and actions should be taken against the foreign lands. They have issued the money and force to burn up with the fuel and bombs for many years. The maintenance is now fleet with the spending of dollars as a fact Panama getting lack in fighting with their enemy.<br />
Panama now seems like a united nations where there is no possibility of the Security Council and invasion with the Panama has reached to a dead end with the dire direction from United Nations. However, Panama has done friendship with many of its neighbor and countries as its friend.<br />
China is no where on the counterpart for Panama even with the business or handling the container it is commerce with the Panama canal and speculate the interface of the canal that is interfere with the US and later Panama has been treated as the protection for the canal. Intervene of the military forces in Panama Canal is now feels to be threatened by the US fighter and the cobra helicopters are flying in the sky over the Panama. The 12 hours coast guard ship is giving the Panama bay to unseen to submarines and it will land through the aircraft for the carriers they are extensively covering wit the Panama bay.<br />
<strong>Dollarization and gloom;</strong> all the inquiries from the international resources and clients are now get the to euro banks accounts that will be up to desiring problem. If the dollars get poorer by the EU then it will be more hazardous for the Panama to see its doom and the goods will be sold away in unfair prices that will be cheap meaning to EU declaration to the dollars. The car manufacturing from the US is now very cheap and it will be costly for the goods that will be sold out from the USA. The numbers are steadily growing since the US wants it to be dropped with the concern to importance of market. It will be evident and will be responsible for the poor employment process.<br />
The EU will not sit standstill and it will must be progressive with the eventually fall down of the dollar prices and the dollar driving will play a significant role after all. The foreign currency would have done a phenomenon changes when it comes to strong currency. The fractional part of the prices would be higher and strong currency should be need with the silver certificates.<br />
<strong>Dollarization getting potential;</strong> this must be another big question that weather Panama will establish a new currency or would be doing better with the united stated dollars. It is unlikely to see if the central and South American countries will play a phenomenon shift for the central bank and the currency that need to be done with the US dollar. The 100 years has victim for the US dollars that has been used here in the Panama with the strongest organizations for the currency exchanger and the process that will try to give you border travel for the process to organize with trade traffic.<br />
<strong>Panama banking system;</strong> a large amount of the international banks with the banking system will be highly competitive with the government that is interested with the foreign investment and the activities with the capital movement will definitely restrict with the free zone.<br />
<strong>Commercial registration in Panama;</strong> the major economic structure would be developed with the foundation registered for the approximately 450,000 corporations and the pay off for that would be USD 300 an year. The revenue share will be highly appreciable when it comes to corporations and the canal that is under development. The total profit with that would be approx. USD 335, 000,000 and the Panama is ready for the 2.9 million people. The business license will b soon give away once the workers and computer will be established to star off the world and property investment.</p>
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		<title>Panama banks going bad with loan increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Banks & Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank Account Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Executive summary;</strong> this is the information in regard to the published article in Prensa newspaper that is the one of the largest newspaper in the Panama. The banks of Panama are going bad with the loan increasing capital. The bad&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Executive summary;</strong> this is the information in regard to the published article in Prensa newspaper that is the one of the largest newspaper in the Panama. The banks of Panama are going bad with the loan increasing capital. The bad loans amount has changed significantly by the years to come. It was USD 370,000,000 by the may 2008 and has reached to USD 565,000,000 a huge increasing with the USD 200 million. The 2.5 percent of this increasing now existed with the loans and the 90 days are the arrears for the total of USD 93 million that gives a 23 percent growth in loans.<br />
<strong>Discussion;</strong> Panama has given the 15 days period to make the bank transparency to be clear with the share for the information to the newspaper and by the news.<br />
It has become now a reason to leave the Panama banks at all and where the 90 percent of the people are enthusiast using the Panama banks will fall back soon. It is a great risk to downturn with the economy and declining of the real estate projects with the poor banking sector here in panama that impact the conservative opinion.<br />
<strong>Offshore tax for banking;</strong> the jurisdictions could be a better choice for those who has located there tax haven and the other countries like Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador and Mexico will be enjoy with the tax offshore on their own. This could be understood as a trouble creation however the capital fight does not seem to getting an end. The banks are approaching with the safe clients to make them feel secure and safe.<br />
<strong>Warning has closed before it affected;</strong> it is recommended that you should have to quit your accounts before the tax treaties get enter and the Hong Kong will be treating for your closure and sudden withdraws. The suspicious transaction will be freeze and they need a high authority investigation to proceed. Retroactive law could have a different meaning to not allow for the accounts that should have to be closed or withdrawn before the treaties start affecting them firmly.</p>
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		<title>John Keith and Promerica bank owner 60 percent of aero post</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-100" title="proamerica-bank" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/proamerica-bank-150x78.jpg" alt="proamerica-bank" width="105" height="55" />John Keith, CEO of ‘’Banco Promotion’’ in Costa Rica and the James Fendell in Miami has been selling the parts from his business. James Fendell has 40 percentage of the share in aero post and John Keith has 60 percentage&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-100" title="proamerica-bank" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/proamerica-bank-150x78.jpg" alt="proamerica-bank" width="105" height="55" />John Keith, CEO of ‘’Banco Promotion’’ in Costa Rica and the James Fendell in Miami has been selling the parts from his business. James Fendell has 40 percentage of the share in aero post and John Keith has 60 percentage of share in the aero post that they own. It was a bit stupidity to sell their products to Miami by these both two intelligent person of panama that are doing unethical plans to destroy the aero post by getting their customers from Miami that is outer region of united states rather a Panamanian.<br />
The both intelligent person may have no idea about ruining the property that they should not have to in order to make the Panamanian industry to move on. There is no response from these both people and attempt to repeat them same question is getting hassle answer.<br />
When they have been tried to contact over the phone calls they are left with the voice mail since they were not present and nothing get back as return from these both peoples. Their building is developed and located at ‘’Banco Promerica’’ in Costa Rica region and that is moved from Costa Rica as a primary manager to John Keith. She is working illegally and operating here with a tourist visa that has been prominently ordered by judicial inspectors.<br />
They have a good commercial license and it requires all kids of evidence to make an indication that aero post individuals have literally a significant meaning with the forms, documents and route of delivery that these packages are using to their almost customers. But the question is who has been delivering the packages. The messenger who playing a crucial role in this game is from St. George bank and that is the reality of the John Keith.<br />
But now a big question is who is Mr. John Keith. By Google is it says that a wonderful SEO who are involved in all these things. They are various definitions about this great guy.<br />
Mr., John Keith is serving is Caribe hospitality as a managing partner and who is senior executive of the Promerica finance corporation for the network they established in North America. He has been serving there for almost 15 years of reputed serving period the year back when it was discovered in Costa Rica and Central America.<br />
Mr. John Keith is also a portafolio Inmobiliario principal partner in S.A. a developer state in this region. He is the one who involved with the setting up the join venture with the Latin America.<br />
He was born 44 years ago in Costa Rica and he is based on Costa Rica and he had a degree of BBA from the Michigan University. The 11th circuit court, Miami has another hearing tat suspect the real outcome to resound in a favor to the air box where these scumbags has discovered the damage. The James Fendell and John Keith have considered as the suspect from the judicial authorities and have been decided to have a favor for air box. They will have to paid for the exceptionally dropping the significant business and will be responsible for the actions to made against them.</p>
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		<title>Diamond is getting dirty in Panama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-97" title="panama-diamonds" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/panama-diamonds-150x150.jpg" alt="panama-diamonds" width="150" height="150" />The ISN security watch leaders has an arrangement for meeting to establish the first ever diamond exchange among the zone of Latin countries in panama city by the 13th October persuaded by the president. This is going to be the&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-97" title="panama-diamonds" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/panama-diamonds-150x150.jpg" alt="panama-diamonds" width="150" height="150" />The ISN security watch leaders has an arrangement for meeting to establish the first ever diamond exchange among the zone of Latin countries in panama city by the 13th October persuaded by the president. This is going to be the first diamond exchange that will be tax-free. This is design to a public commit to get a free trade zone for the Panamanian diamond exchange program.<br />
This is the supported legislation for the international diamond trading zone to regulate the process to set it up best. The observers are quite worrying with the mined that could play an illegal role in laundering the region hub. This establishment is getting acceptance from the world diamond federation by the year 2008 and it is about to reach a sum of USD 200 million in the regional market. The Latin Americans along with the Hong Kong, Belgium, and New York are going to become the center for it.<br />
The executive director of the PDE, Mr. Haviv Aviad made his involvement along with his brother-in-law that is an Israeli smuggler and found true while investigation in American state. The sources explained that both of them travelled to Nicaragua by the year April 2000 for AK-47 rifles. They were wanted to make the shipment done in an ease to receive these weapons that were arriving from the Columbia forces.<br />
In another case, he is found his activity with the Venezuelan diamond trader where he has written a later in year 2007. He always involved in illegal activity from the global market place. The major concern with his was allegedly smuggling of illegal products and he has been working for almost 10 years in this field. The Venezuela ill willingness now could affect the rich land of panama by the Haviv and this is the only reason they want to exchange the diamond in a fair and fully transparent way. He always looking to continue his job to smuggle and get in the world market to sell his smuggled items.<br />
Diamonds are the products that are easy to get with smuggle away and panama is a victim of this smuggling and illegal event for a long time. This tendency could bring the real success to enjoy with trading for the diamond and exchanging among the Latin countries.<br />
Venezuela is the member from the Kimberley process foundation for international diamond trade. After the year, 2005 Venezuela has never stated the estimation reports about the diamond exports from his country and they have earned approximately a sum of USD 30 million for 150,000 to 300,000 carats diamond. The country rough stone is placing in the black world and they are almost involved with the criminal activity for the diamond producing over those areas. They are also using this money for smuggling, buying weapons and many other criminal activity performances.<br />
‘’Venezuela has said his removal from the Kimberley and this separation took him to get on mining portfolios from the oversight.’’ The diamond market watchdog Mr. Shawn Blore has mentioned this all.<br />
This issue however soon seems to have an end because the government will place another claim to stop forcing for the minors. Blore has admitted that the there in more explanation for the Venezuelan government that is largely affecting this mining to get an end. It seems like there are the stubborn and ill will people who are doing all their efforts. By the January 2009 the Venezuelan minister of mining explained that govt. may open the mining areas of the diamonds in the major region. Govt. also is taking responsibility to announce the new plans to set up a diamond plant for public policy. President Hugo Chavez said that creating it as a diamond city will imply the over sight of the government. He is looking for a loan to create this diamond mining sector to rebuild.<br />
The Iranian president later in 2009 agreed with the Venezuelan president for the joint venture to design for the minerals and gems to their city. Including the gems, diamonds, minerals, and quartz the company will settle a huge investment part that will be focusing on these areas along with the nuclear development that need to be done.<br />
A BBC reporter has said that diamond production will be centered to many states accordingly and the Venezuelan, Brazil border will the production area that will be regulated with the undermined efforts from the government.<br />
Diamond mining in this region explained as a robust and fully controlled place to lose the layers for an individual to purchase it from the miners when they are looking to find their sells with the abroad market.<br />
Brazil that is another member of this Kimberley process mining is now looking to give up in a fraction of time by the 2006 that is unable to give away the promising results to establish the controls over monitoring for its diamonds.<br />
The decision made by Brazilian government will seem now to heel the carbon operation by the early 2006 that was the busiest for the Brazilians smugglers. The smuggling process is rather advantages to certify with the registered with the federal Brazil police documents. The complete business is exported with the 54 percentage over all.<br />
The PAC has published a report that says that the sources should have made for the rough stones and will not be close to diamond business to identify the stolen items. A man moved away years before the process get to its conclusion of carbon operation. The other people are now homeless living in the Brazil.<br />
Investigators also depicted that the half of the almost Kimberley process from the Brazil has received with the fake documents that created it problematic to manifest the major countries there to consider major route for diamond exports in Guyana city of Brazil.<br />
The Guyana however particularly remains a member from the process that has centered to the diamond in UAE. A large demand will make the traders to entitled with adhere to locates the process for exporting and involved with the rough stones for a couple of cases that is running activities over.<br />
In the year 2005, the govt. of Guyana find the green mineral and trading attempt to exports more than 8000 carats from the illegal origins. The investigation took place and they have found that the Venezuelan regions was not the responsible for the diamond stones to live there but the Georgetown was another affected area where it was laundered through for battle green field.<br />
The investigation said furthermore that the new company had over 4000 carat of the diamonds presumably from the Venezuelan region and the government probably notified this by the documents they had as a proof. The panama seems to become nefarious region where the lesser extent is available to clear the scenario and to find the security watch here over.</p>
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		<title>Market rise seminar from the SBP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Keeping the technical staffs that are specialist, the SBP has organized the market risk seminar to understand them by the October 19, Thursday 23. Angel Vilarino, the consultant and the Nuria Alonso had shares their great experiences in this international&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keeping the technical staffs that are specialist, the SBP has organized the market risk seminar to understand them by the October 19, Thursday 23. Angel Vilarino, the consultant and the Nuria Alonso had shares their great experiences in this international lecture for the financial subject by the 23rd October. They have been charged in the market risk and originally measured the participants and inform the prices.<br />
This end with the training program that was initially establish with the implementation by the September as the instruments and derivatives of finance. These seminars give chances for officers to join the banking supervision and economic studies to overcome with the national securities for the commission in panama.</p>
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		<title>French banks will be losing Panama branch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-87" title="bnp-bank-panama" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bnp-bank-panama-150x150.jpg" alt="bnp-bank-panama" width="150" height="150" />The French based bank BNP, Paribas has announced officially to close the Panama branch by the year 2010 because they have found the panama in the list of tax havens. The economic corporation and development has recently produced the list&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-87" title="bnp-bank-panama" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bnp-bank-panama-150x150.jpg" alt="bnp-bank-panama" width="150" height="150" />The French based bank BNP, Paribas has announced officially to close the Panama branch by the year 2010 because they have found the panama in the list of tax havens. The economic corporation and development has recently produced the list of such countries. This was the decision made publically in the G-20 meeting that was organized last week where the leaders affirm the summit to fight against the tax havens. The BNP, Paribas has been serving in panama for almost last 57 years of performance. The bankers and the analytics found the other resources to consult this issue and doubted stated that the decision was on the pressure created due to economic corporation and development.<br />
Frank De Lima, the economy minister convinced to find the real reasons for such an unbelievable reason that is going on with the banks. The restriction was based on the fact that said to the recent financial crisis.<br />
De Lima stated that Panama is taking action to go as per the summit requirements made by economic corporation and development. He also said to launch the negotiation for the treaties to avoid the taxation from the members in the organization. The current members are Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Mexico and panama is trying every possibility to resolve this summit. He also met the French president in the  U.N. earlier by this month but that does not seem to get successful.</p>
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		<title>COMPETITIVE BANKING CENTER LINE OF FIRE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Although Panama is renowned for its international financial center and has been prominent on the continent as an important recipient of direct investment, again faced with external threats that put in the ground game won. And promoting the country that&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although Panama is renowned for its international financial center and has been prominent on the continent as an important recipient of direct investment, again faced with external threats that put in the ground game won. And promoting the country that companies that offer international services does not help.<br />
In this new saga, the Government determined to form a high-level commission for the protection of international financial and Panamanians.<br />
Among the regulators of banking, but pushed by the international financial crisis, the Banking hired the auditing firm KPMG to develop a competitive banking center.</p>
<p>The full analysis will be released in the coming weeks, but in light of recent events, and information was shared with the authorities and the unions which have joined forces to defend the international services offered by Panama, and respond to questions about the country is a tax haven.<br />
The study found that one of the greatest threats to the country is being considered a &#8220;tax haven&#8221; and is putting pressure on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).<br />
71% of respondents felt that the tax has had &#8220;very high impact on the competitiveness of the banking center. The secrecy and information control and regulation and legislation were in second place.<br />
One point that speaks in favor of the central bank is that of 14 billion dollars in deposits that are external to the system, only one billion dollars from OECD countries, which is why local bankers say that there is way we can think that Panama is a sanctuary for foreign depositors.</p>
<p><strong>Promotion in Cyberspace </strong><br />
While the government, banks, lawyers, businessmen and lawyers as Eduardo Morgan explained in detail why Panama should not be considered a tax haven, the reality is that companies in cyberspace promote international services in the country, say the opposite .<br />
For a sample button. &#8220;Make the tax haven Panama and geographical meaning. Make corporations, opening bank accounts, do business with the Colon Free Zone, etc.&#8221;<br />
Panama is much more graphic Offshore Legal Services, which as the main benefit or advantage that is emphasized in Panama: &#8220;A full tax &#8211; capital generates no tax, no tax revenues, there is no legacy taxes, etc..&#8221;<br />
Investors should be guided by reality and not what a company is promoting the Internet to attract customers, notes Morgan, who also criticized the biased promotion is being done and recommended that this be malpractice complaint with the Ethics Committee of the College National Lawyers Guild.<br />
Although he warned that there are similar promotion on the Internet from other countries or jurisdictions, but these do not appear on the &#8220;blacklists&#8221; of the OECD.<br />
&#8220;The important thing is to know that in Panama for a company, the lawyer has to know who is making the document and who are its owners,&#8221; he said.<br />
Regarding the tax issue, he said, as the Panamanian territorial systems do almost all countries. The difference is that there is no charge for income taxes that are generated outside the country.<br />
Members of the Committee for the Defense of international preferred not to comment until they submit the full study of competitive banking center, although it acknowledged that this document will guide the development of the strategy to follow and to changes that are required.<br />
In the government of Ricardo Martinelli had not yet discussed the issue, as noted Finance Minister Dulcidio La Guardia, who preferred to reserve comment for when they take control of the Government and were presented with the details of the KPMG study.</p>
<p>The former banker Luis H. Moreno believes that it is time to objectively analyze what is in the best interests of the country because of external pressures that made such great advantages to strong banking center will become disadvantages.<br />
It is important, he added, made a study as long as it serves to focus the problems of a practical and advised &#8220;that we are left with the diagnosis in the pocket and taking prompt and effective action.&#8221;<br />
One point that criticized the bank for the damage done to the country&#8217;s image is being taken with regularity as cases of persons involved in illicit activities such as Nelson Urrego, David and Paul Murcia Rayo Montaño.<br />
&#8220;The banking community has to redouble its efforts in this direction and time to detect these irregularities. This is where Panama has to make a true act of faith in his honesty and international combat these weaknesses that have dire consequences for the country&#8217;s image, &#8220;said Moreno.</p>
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		<title>Panama Will Propose a Multilateral Bank to Confront the Global Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-78 alignleft" title="bank-in-panama" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bank-in-panama-150x150.jpg" alt="bank-in-panama" width="150" height="150" />The perspectives of the Treaty of Commercial Promotion (TCP), between Panama and the United States and its approval by the United States Congress were discussed in the audience sustained between the President Martin Torrijos and the North American commercial representative&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-78 alignleft" title="bank-in-panama" src="http://www.panamabanklist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/bank-in-panama-150x150.jpg" alt="bank-in-panama" width="150" height="150" />The perspectives of the Treaty of Commercial Promotion (TCP), between Panama and the United States and its approval by the United States Congress were discussed in the audience sustained between the President Martin Torrijos and the North American commercial representative Ron Kirk, before the beginning of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.<br />
Torrijos also met with the Prime Minister of Barbados, David John Howard Thompson, with whom he raised the necessity of strengthening even more the economic and commercial relations between both countries.<span id="more-71"></span><br />
At the conclusion of the bilateral meetings, the first vicepresident and chancellor of the Republic, Samuel Lewis Navarro, indicated that in this hemispheric summit, Panama will reiterate it&#8217;s proposal for the recapitalization of a multilateral bank that will operate in the region as a formula for confronting the economic crisis that affects the majority of the countries of the continent.<br />
Lewis navarro added that this initiative fixes the official position of Panama inside the discussions that will be held by 34 heads of government and states of the member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS).<br />
“This is a central topic that Panama has been pushing forward for some time and it will be newly remembered”, stated the minister of foreign relations.<br />
Besides, he recognized that amongst the expectations generated at the contintental level is bringing up other sensitive topics such as the international fight against drug trafficking and organized crime to guarantee the governability of countries in the area.<br />
Recently en Medellin, Colombia, President Martin Torrijos pondered the necessity of strengthening the International Bank of Development (IBD), when it acted as background speaker in the act of closure of the Assembly of Governors of the stated contintental banking institution.<br />
Lewis Navarro congratulated likewise the initiative of the government of the United States of facilitating special conditions for Cuban-Americans for their travel without restrictions to Cuba and over the sending of remittances to the island, which in his judgment will receive attention of the particpants of this summit.<br />
An outstanding point on the work agenda of the visit of President Torrijos to Port of Spain is constituted by the meeting that will be held with the President of the United States, Barack Obama, the presidents of those countries that belong to the System of Central American Integration, of which Panama is a signer, next Sunday morning.<br />
The agenda of President Torrijos also includes meetings with members of both sides of the United States Congress such as Elliot Engel, Max Baucus, Charles Rangel, Sander Levin and Kevin Brady.<br />
The official delegation of Panama that participates in the Summit of the Americas is made up of, apart from Chancellor Lewis Navarro, the ministers Gisela Alvarez de Porres and Ruben Blades and the ambassadors of Panama in Washington and for the Organization of American States (OAS) Federico Humbert and Aristides Royo Sanchez, respectively.</p>
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		<title>Banco Central de Cuba has a new president</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The State Council of Cuba Ernesto Medina Villaveirán appointed as new chairman of the Central Bank (BCC), replacing Francisco Soberon Valdes&#8217; request for itself, &#8220;according to a press release yesterday.<br />
Soberon, who played that position nearly 15 years with&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The State Council of Cuba Ernesto Medina Villaveirán appointed as new chairman of the Central Bank (BCC), replacing Francisco Soberon Valdes&#8217; request for itself, &#8220;according to a press release yesterday.<br />
Soberon, who played that position nearly 15 years with loyalty and honesty &#8220;according to the official, asked to be relieved of that position and its status of member of the Communist Party Central Committee (PCC) and the Council of State and member of the National Assembly.<br />
Soberon said that the text of 65 years, expressed interest in &#8220;fulfilling the old dream of engaging writing and research on international finance, making their results available to the party and government.&#8221; It also reaffirmed its willingness to &#8220;continue to work at any task given to him by Fidel and Raul (Castro).&#8221;<br />
The new owner of the BCC, Ernesto Medina, he was president of the Banco Financiero Internacional, which handles much of the accounts of foreign companies based in Cuba. Medina is a graduate in Economics and over 35 years has gone from the base to various management positions in the national banking system.</p>
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