Private Banking Services

Specialized financial services aimed at high-net-worth individuals, offering personalized management such as asset management, investment advice, estate planning, tax advisory, and tailored financial solutions with an emphasis on confidentiality and complexity.

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Code
PS0105
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Name
Private Banking Services
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Version
1.0
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Category
Wealth & Investment
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Created
2025-03-14
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Modified
2025-04-02
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Related Techniques

  • Insiders might overlook or waive enhanced due diligence for high-profile clients, enabling large or repetitive transactions without thorough checks.
  • They could falsify documentation or compliance reports, using the higher privacy norms of private banking to hide evidence of suspicious flows.
  • High-end forged documentation allows criminals to pose as affluent clients seeking discreet wealth management.
  • Large deposits and complex investment portfolios are set up under these fake identities, shielding the origin and true beneficiaries of funds.
  • Criminals may rely on proxies to manage private banking accounts, benefiting from dedicated account managers who might not scrutinize ultimate owners as rigorously.
  • Personalized services and higher transaction thresholds can facilitate large-scale fund movements under a proxy’s name.
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  • High-value clients, including PEPs, may receive specialized handling with potentially less stringent scrutiny.
  • Complex investment portfolios or managed accounts can disguise large deposits traced to corrupt sources by blending them into legitimate assets.

• High-net-worth account structures often enjoy subdued AML controls and heightened privacy, enabling large-scale deposits with minimal scrutiny. • Personalized banking arrangements and dedicated relationship managers can shield illicit sources and ownership details from detection.