Well, possibly a little bit late to the party but...
For a citizen and resident of Vanuatu (former American, all Is are dotted, and Ts are crossed)?
“all Is are dotted, and Ts are crossed” – well, if this conveys some important information then be advised I don't get it
... explain, please. (If not, forget about it – I am just a simple countryman and do not need to understand everything
)
I suggest you to try OCBC, their private banking has a minimum of 5M AUM (it’s most likely the best private bank I’ve experienced).
Would you mind to elaborate little more on this? E.g. comparing OCBC with (probably my favourite) SC...
Banque Cramer est une banque suisse, sise à Genève, proposant des services bancaires privés et de gestion de fortune sur mesure à notre clientèle.
www.banquecramer.ch
they offer good service and as a Vanuatu citizen living in FATF black listed Vanuatu better paying slightly higher
fees to get stable service
With all due respect, e.g. SG banks offer services that are IMO not worse and not less stable than CH ones, even on the contrary. Unfortunately (yes, I have some assets in CH).
Regardless of that, the thoughts of
@Sols and
@Watchingtheweasels re: regional proximity are pretty reasonable, IMO.
Unfortunately, due to the big money laundering case last year,
Could you please elaborate a bit more? I admit I am not aware of this and I wonder... Some link is pretty sufficient, of course. TIA
Just generally, if we talk about stable, service oriented jurisdictions, I think we should not overlook British Crown Dependencies – Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey. E.g. Barclays Isle of Man is good, IMO.
But for OP's particular case, the geographical distance is a major flaw here.