{"id":5542,"date":"2010-03-05T09:39:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=5542"},"modified":"2010-03-05T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T17:29:39","slug":"prime-minister-denies-granting-15-offshore-banks-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/prime-minister-denies-granting-15-offshore-banks-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime minister denies granting 15 offshore banks licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5543\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMGP2231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5543\" title=\"IMGP2231\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMGP2231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMGP2231.jpg 254w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMGP2231-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PM Skerrit. * DNO file photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat is not true at all!\u201d is what Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said in response to rumours that the government had approved over 15 applications from offshore bankers and granted them licenses to operate here in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly one offshore bank, this year, was granted a licence&#8230;some commonwealth bank,\u201d Skerrit told the media at a press conference this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no intention for the government to have too many offshore banks in Dominica, and any person who would make an application would have to go through a very rigorous process of applying&#8230; so any license that is granted and any decision that has been given in any concession to any company, big or small, we have it published in the official gazette of Dominica,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister explained the procedure involved in obtaining an offshore bank license, stating that it is a transparent affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny decision for the government to give a licence to the bank has to be properly promoted in the official gazette. There\u2019s nothing un-transparent about the process; a person makes and application &#8230; when the FSU[Financial Services Unit] is satisfied &#8230; a recommendation is made to the minister of finance, for the signing of the certificate granting and licensing and so forth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Skerrit said that in some previous instances an applicant might meet the major requirements for obtaining a license, but may be missing one or two basic aspects. 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