Financial intermediaries : online identification
Since 18 March 2016 FINMA allows to establish a business relationship between financial intermediaries and customers by video transmission. Explanations.
From July 2016, the maximum interest rate for consumer credit services in Switzerland will be lowered from 15% to 10%. What are the real consequences for consumers? Will they really be better protected with this new interest rate for consumer credit?
Each year, Swiss firms are signing new equipment leasing contracts and investments related to this market amount to billions of dollars. This funding solution gives companies the possibility to purchase various equipment and corporate vehicles, but also computer equipment! How does it work exactly and why is this financing alternative so successful?
When you make a credit request to a Swiss bank, their first concern, in general, is to know if you will be able to reimburse your loan or not. In other words, each bank will make sure to check your solvency tendency (if you are punctual and steady with your repayments?) before they grant you a credit. How do banks get all these information? Can you clear your credit history or make it better? Here is some useful piece of information:
You probably already heard about « debt consolidation », also known as credit repair in the US. How exactly does it work? A debt consolidation, consists in getting a consolidation loan from a bank, in order to pay off all your debts. Why is it convenient and what is the process for it? Let’s have a look.
Do you want to spend your retirement in a safe, cheap and hot place? More and more Swiss people are planning to spend their old days in Portugal! Since 2013, this country created the “non-habitual resident” status, which allows pensioners to not pay taxes when they establish in Portugal! Discover the many benefits of such an investment!
There are many people transferring money from Switzerland! Expats working here often send a part of their income to relatives who stayed in their country. But many Swiss also transfer money when a family member is studying abroad for example or travelling around the world. What are the options availabe when you want to send money from Switzerland? Is there a solution more advantageous than another? All you need to know about money transfer is here!
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