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Cases · Capital & assets · Banking, lending & secured finance

Urgent Keep a bank account the bank wants to close

Our bank says it will close our account. Can we stop it?

WONE Global reviews the closure notice and your file, responds to the bank where a review is possible, and in parallel prepares a bank-ready file and introduces banks that serve your profile, so there is no gap.

Countries in the typical case Singapore

The situation

What is happening

A bank has given notice that it will close the company's or family's account, often without a full explanation.

What is at stake

Without a working account, salaries, suppliers and tax payments stop, and other banks will ask why the last one closed it.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies
  • Private clients and families

A scenario

Family officePrivate client or family · from Singapore · in Singapore

It has received 30 days' notice of account closure after a periodic review of its source of wealth.

Where it ends Banking kept, or moved without a gap.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Bank is closing our business account”“Bank de-risking our company”“Notice of account closure from the bank”“Our bank is unexpectedly closing our business relationship”“A bank has frozen our business account pending review”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global reviews the closure notice and your file, responds to the bank where a review is possible, and in parallel prepares a bank-ready file and introduces banks that serve your profile, so there is no gap.

Usually led by Banking and capital, with Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance and Contracts and commercial law.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First daysNotice and file reviewed.
  2. Week 1Response with missing information.
  3. Weeks 1-3Alternative banks approached in parallel.
  4. ThenNo gap in banking.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Whether the decision can be reviewed or reversed
  2. 02What the bank’s concern is likely to be
  3. 03Which alternative banks will accept the profile, and how quickly

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A response to the bank, with the information it lacked
  • Introductions to alternative banks suited to the profile
  • An orderly transition of payments and mandates if the closure stands

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.

  1. Usually leadsBanking and capitalArranged on request→
  2. Often involvedAnti-bribery, sanctions and compliance3 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedContracts and commercial law12 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Banking and capital, 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.

  1. Singaporein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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