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Re: Global Standard Bank - the first Bitcoin bank?
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on 14/07/2011, 19:47:25 UTC
Quote from: Atom on July 14, 2011, 05:14:25 AM
Quote from: Nagle on July 14, 2011, 03:32:15 AM
Some standard due-diligence questions:

  • What is the actual name of your corporation, and in what jurisdiction is it incorporated?
  • What is your D-U-N-S number, for your Dun and Bradstreet rating?
  • "Global Standard Bank" is not listed with Canadian federal corporation search or Quebec corporation search.  Explain.
  • Are your employees bonded? If so, who is your bonding company?
  • Do you carry errors and omissions coverage? If so, who is your carrier?
  • Has any executive employee of your company ever been convicted of a criminal offense?

Good start - anyone else have additional questions?

Relating to these 2 points listed above:
  • What is the actual name of your corporation, and in what jurisdiction is it incorporated?
  • "Global Standard Bank" is not listed with Canadian federal corporation search or Quebec corporation search.  Explain.

Why is the word 'bank' in your company name? (And have you really been granted a registered trademark on it? Or is that more of your 'mock-up').

Here is why I'm asking: From http://corporations.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cd-dgc.nsf/eng/cs01191.html:
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"Your corporate name cannot suggest, for example, that you are a branch of the government or that you offer services or products governed by financial legislation, such as trusts, loans, insurance and banking. "
Emphasis mine.

Here it is again slightly more detailed:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cd-dgc.nsf/eng/cs01797.html#connoting
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A corporate name containing any of the following words is likely to be rejected unless the words are used in such a way that it is clear that the proposed corporation will not be a financial intermediary nor a bank: (Regulation 22)

    annuity, assurance, assurances
   bank, banc, bancorp, banco, bankco, banker, banking
    casualty, fiduciare, fiduciary, fiducie
    guaranty, indemnity, life, loan, loanco
    mortgage, insurance (unless used with the words "agency, agent, broker, service")
    pret, savings, surety
    trust, trustco, warranty

If you are an actual bank, you will be listed by The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) http://www.osfi.gc.ca/WWWapps/lists/eng.asp?s=1&g=1&i= (but your not).