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How a SaaS company accepts stablecoin payments without breaking recurring billing, VAT or its bank
Yes, a UK-connected SaaS company can take USDT, a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. As of November 2026, HMRC treats it as trading income, and VAT is due in the normal way on the sterling value at the time of each payment [S4.1].
Private banking in Luxembourg: how it is regulated, how onboarding works and what documents banks ask for
Who regulates Luxembourg private banks, what deposit and investor protection covers, onboarding documents, and what gets reported to HMRC.
Malta yacht VAT leasing after 2020: how it works now and what the old tables got wrong
Under Malta's current guidelines (as of November 2026), where the guideline's conditions are met, including a lease starting after 1 November 2018 and a lessor that is a Maltese entity registered for Maltese VAT, Malta's 18% VAT is charged only on the share of your lease payments linked…
A guide to private banking onboarding for HNW clients
Tier-one private banks in Singapore, Hong Kong, Monaco, Zurich and Geneva have narrowed their acceptance criteria significantly since 2023. Source-of-wealth documentation, structure diagrams, tax residency and expected activity all need to arrive in a single, coherent file. Prepared properly, an HNW onboarding still funds in 60 days. This guide covers exactly what the relationship managers want to see.
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