Specialist Banking Advisory
Banking the complex.
Where others see risk, we see a route.
We open bank accounts for regulated trustees, family offices, fund managers, and international corporates across the jurisdictions that matter, with fully licensed banks. Not EMIs.
At a glance
30+
Licensed banks on panel
12
Jurisdictions covered
12+
Years of regulatory insight
4 wks
Standard account opening
Why iKYC
We open accounts in the name of the underlying entity.
01
Licensed banks only
No EMIs. No payment platforms. Every bank holds a full banking licence.
02
Deep banking relationships
30+ banks across 12 jurisdictions. We know current appetite and the right contact.
03
Structure specialists
Multi-layered ownership, holding chains across borders. We prepare the file a bank needs to say yes.
04
Entity-name accounts
Accounts in the name of the underlying trust, fund, or corporate.
05
One business day
We aim to give you a bankability view within one business day of submission.
Who we work with
Banking solutions for every structure
Regulated Trustees & CSPs
Trust company banking, CSP client account structures, foundation and orphan SPV vehicles. We have worked with leading Channel Islands trust companies since 2012.
Fund Managers & GPs
PE and VC funds, hedge funds and AIFs, UCITS and regulated fund vehicles. GP and management company accounts across the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, and Cayman.
Family Offices & UHNW Principals
Single and multi-family office banking, gold and bullion custody, multi-currency treasury. We have placed mandates for family offices across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
International Corporates
Holding company banking, cross-border treasury, real estate financing structures. We have placed multi-currency mandates for corporates headquartered across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
Coverage
12 jurisdictions. One advisory relationship.
How we work
From instruction to approval.
I
Structure Review
We assess the structure, beneficial ownership, and source of wealth to determine bankability across our panel.
II
Bank Selection
We identify institutions with current appetite for your specific structure and jurisdiction.
III
File Preparation
We prepare the full onboarding file, coordinate KYC collection, and present the mandate. We resolve issues before the bank sees the file.
IV
Account Open
We manage the bank relationship through to account opening. Standard timeline four weeks from instruction.
Get started
Ready to resolve a banking challenge?
Speak directly with one of our advisers. No generic enquiry forms. A conversation with someone who understands your structure.
Selected mandates
What we have done.
A record of completed and active instructions across structures, jurisdictions and banking challenges. Every engagement is confidential and anonymised. See all twelve mandates.
Fund administrator
Standing arrangement across Jersey structures
Cash management
Across two discretionary trust settlements
Property group
Consolidated banking for forty plus entities
CSP migration
Twenty Monaco accounts moved at once
Real estate finance
Financing and refinancing of London assets
Senior debt and FX
Debt advisory, currency and a hedge
US refund cheques
For two Jersey companies with no US banking
US Treasury cheque
Trust banking after the settlor died
CNY and CNH
For a Hong Kong company in a Jersey trust
Dutch cooperative
Banking a Cooperatief U.A. fund
Global trust company
Multi jurisdiction, standing relationship
Account recovery
After an e-money provider closed