Account opening: 7-14 working days

Credit Suisse's strategy is to be a leading wealth manager, with strong investment banking capabilities. They seek to follow a balanced approach to wealth management, aiming to capitalize on both the large pool of wealth within mature markets as well as the significant growth in wealth in Asia Pacific and other emerging markets. Founded in 1856, Credit Suisse is has a global reach with operations in about 50 countries and 47,170 employees from over 150 different nations.

Overview:

Credit Suisse is a member of Wall Street's bulge bracket, a list of less than a dozen of the largest and most profitable banks. The company has been identified as one of the world's most important banks, upon which international financial stability depends. The bank is also one of Fortune Magazine's most admired companies.

Credit Suisse has been recognized as the world's best private bank by Euromoney's Global Private Banking Survey and as the best European Equity Manager by Global Investors. In polls by Euromoney, it has been ranked as the top private bank and the best bank in Switzerland. As of 2004, Credit Suisse was first in volume of high-yield transactions, second for corporate high-yield bond insurance and third for IPO underwriting. 

The Securities Data Company ranked Credit Suisse as the fourth best place for financial advice for mergers and acquisitions in the US in 1995 and sixth for domestic equity issues. Credit Suisse has been recognized by the Asset Triple A Awards. In 2005 Credit Suisse was ranked as the second best prime broker by Institutional Investor.

Payment processing options:

MasterCard, Visa

Rates and Charges

• Bank may change its tariffs at any time thus please visit bank’s website or contact us in order to receive updates, on specific charges or fees please contact us or bank.
• Bank may additionally charge for any other supplementary services.
• Above listed fees or any other additional fees, charges or commissions that may be required by bank are not part of our professional fees for assistance of opening a bank account.

The bank offers range of services and products

• Personalised account service
• Savings & term deposits
• International wire transfers
• Treasury& Foreign Exchange services
• Card services
• Trading services
• Online Banking

Requirements

Please provide us with the following documents:

Each Beneficial owner, shareholder, director, authorised signatory and secretary must provide

• Notarized KYC documents. (Please see N.B. below)
• Optional: A notarized copy of Bank reference that is not older than 3 months)
• Optional: Power of Attorney (where applicable)
• Optional: CV

Company

A Bundle of certified and apostilled documents:

• Certificate of Incorporation
• Share Certificates
• Memorandum and Articles of Associations
• Documents that approves the designation of company’s directors and secretary (if applicable)
• Document address of the registered office
• Optional: Valid License (if applicable)
• Optional: Certificate of Good Standing if the company is more than 12 months’ old
• Optional: Certificate of Incumbency

If director or shareholder is a legal person (corporate officer)

A Bundle of certified and apostilled documents:

• Copy of corporate documents (Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Association, etc.)
• Copy of company register (that must consist of Shareholders, Directors and Secretary)
• Certificate of Incumbency
• Certificate of Good Standing

N.B.

• Passport must have signature of holder and it must be identical to one in the application form.
• Please also ensure that photo is clear.
• If signature is located other than on the page where is photo and details of person, then please provide additional copy of that particular page.
• If documents are not in English language, then they must be accompanied by a notarized translation.
• Any shortcomings in application forms may cause delay affect the bank account opening time.

• The list of required documents is indicative documents checklist and additional documents may be requested by the bank.