Johannesburg · South Africa
WONE Global Partner · South Africa
Kameel Keshav
Corporate finance, M&A, capital markets, strategic advisory and board governance professional.
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Cases · People & private matters · Personal wealth, expatriates & tax residence
Bank as a high-net-worth individual across countries
Banks keep refusing or delaying my accounts abroad. Why?
WONE Global prepares a source-of-wealth file banks will accept and introduces you to banks suited to your profile.
Countries in the typical case Switzerland · Singapore
The situation
What is happening
A wealthy individual needs accounts in several countries but faces strict onboarding.
What is at stake
Strict onboarding blocks access to accounts and investments, and each refusal makes the next bank more cautious.
Who faces this
- Private clients and families
A scenario
EntrepreneurPrivate client or family · from Kazakhstan · in Switzerland, Singapore
He is opening private banking accounts in Switzerland and Singapore.
Where it ends Accounts opened.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Private banking onboarding”“Source of wealth documents”“My bank has asked for the source of my family wealth”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global prepares a source-of-wealth file banks will accept and introduces you to banks suited to your profile.
Usually led by Banking & Capital Access, with Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity and Tax & International Structuring.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1Source-of-wealth file.
- Week 2Bank introductions.
- Weeks 3-6Onboarding.
- ThenAccounts open.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Which banks and jurisdictions fit
- 02Source-of-wealth documentation
- 03Reporting under information-exchange rules
Outcomes
What you receive
- A source-of-wealth pack
- Accounts opened
- Reporting obligations mapped
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Banking & Capital Access, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Switzerlandin the typical case WONE Global Partner Gianmatteo Terruzzi · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Singaporein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav · CA(SA) · Corporate Finance & Transaction Advisory Brief this Partner →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
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Where this case connects
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Markets in the typical case
Corridors
Services and subject
Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
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