What country is the bank that filed a lawsuit against WikiLeaks located in?
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Bank Julius Baer v. WikiLeaks Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. et al. v. Wikileaks et al. was a lawsuit filed by Bank Julius Baer against the website WikiLeaks.
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Julius Baer Group Julius Bär Group Ltd. (or Julius Baer Group, ) is a Swiss private banking group. It has locations in more than 20 countries. Switzerland and Asia are the group’s two home markets, with the head office being located in Zurich. Julius Baer employs a staff of over 5,300 worldwide.
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Nedbank Nedbank is one of the largest banks in South Africa; however, it is one of the newest banks to be incorporated. It is headquartered in Johannesburg. Market capitalization was ZAR:120 billion (approximately US$9.85 billion), as of 30 June 2015.
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Stopanska Banka Stopanska banka (full legal name: "Stopanska banka AD Skopje"; Macedonian: Стопанска банка АД Скопје ) is a bank founded in 1944 with headquarters in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Currently is the largest bank in the Republic of Macedonia by equity and branch network.
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Banco Nacional de Bolivia Banco Nacional de Bolivia (abbreviated as BNB) "(English: National Bank of Bolivia)" is a Bolivian bank and financial institution headquartered in Sucre, Bolivia. Founded in 1871, it is one of Bolivia's oldest banks. It is also the country's second largest bank by total assets.
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UBS tax evasion controversy The Swiss bank UBS AG became embroiled in controversy starting in 2008 when the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) made a formal request to travel to Switzerland to probe a multi-billion-dollar tax evasion case involving the bank. The investigation had, in part, been prompted by disclosures made by Bradley Birkenfeld, a former UBS banker in Switzerland, who testified to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that UBS had directed its North American sales force to recruit U.S. taxpayers by offering them access to offshore financial vehicles to hide their assets and evade taxes.
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National Bank of Kenya National Bank of Kenya (NBK), also known as National Bank, is a commercial bank in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank, and national banking regulator.
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Bank of Åland Bank of Åland Plc (Swedish: "Ålandsbanken" ) is a Finnish commercial bank and banking group with over 700 employees and operations in Åland, Finland and Sweden. The bank was founded in 1919 and was listed on the stock exchange in 1942. Its president and CEO is Peter Wiklöf.
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Íslandsbanki Íslandsbanki (Icelandic for: "Bank of Iceland"), is an Icelandic bank with roots tracing back to 1884, formerly being the domestic part of Glitnir banki hf., but on 15 October 2008 being split from the bankrupt Glitnir and reestablished into a new independent bank. The sole operations of the bank is to manage a branch network in Iceland, with a 20%-40% market share across all domestic franchise areas. It is being owned 5% by the Icelandic State Treasury and 95% by "ISB Holding ehf.", which is the creditor group behind the old bankrupt Glitnir bank.
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National Bank of Poland Narodowy Bank Polski ("National Bank of Poland", NBP) is the central bank of Poland. It controls the issuing of Poland's currency, the "złoty". The Bank is headquartered in Warsaw, and has branches in 16 major Polish towns. The NBP represents Poland in the European System of Central Banks, an EU organization.
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Indian Bank Indian Bank is an Indian state-owned financial services company established in 1907 and headquartered in Chennai, India. It has 20,661 employees, 2594 branches and is one of the top performing public sector banks in India. It has overseas branches in Colombo and Jaffna in Sri Lanka, and in Singapore, and 223 correspondent banks in 71 countries. Since 1969 the Government of India has owned the bank.
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Japan Post Bank Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. (株式会社ゆうちょ銀行 , Kabushiki-gaisha Yū-cho Ginkō , commonly abbreviated to ゆうちょ銀行 (Yū-cho Ginkō), or just ゆうちょ (Yū-cho)) , is a Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo which is part of the Japan Post Holdings postal and financial services group.
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DHB Bank Demir-Halk Bank (known also as DHB Bank) is a Dutch commercial bank headquartered in Rotterdam. Its niche market is the Turkish emigrant population in northern Europe and the bank is jointly owned by a Turkish Halk Bankası and HCBG Holding BV. The bank conducts its activities through locations in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Turkey.
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Atlantic Bank Group Atlantic Bank Group, commonly known by its French name Groupe Banque Atlantique, is a West African financial services conglomerate, headquartered in Lome, Togo. The Group consisting of banks and other financial services companies in Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Senegal and Cameroon.
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BankCard Services BankCard Services is an American credit card processor and "total business solutions" company. It was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Torrance, California, with 14 branch offices across the US and alliance partners in 21 states. BankCard Services is the world’s 121st largest acquirer for merchant card processing based on volume of Visa and MasterCard purchases. It services more than 21,000 merchant terminals and accounts for $2.9 billion in credit card volume.
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Offshore bank An offshore bank is a bank located in a jurisdiction different from that where its depositors reside. Countries that have a history and reputation as a haven for offshore banks can be referred to as offshore financial centres. An account held in a foreign offshore bank, especially in a tax haven jurisdiction, is often described as an offshore account. Typically, an individual or company will maintain an offshore account in a low-tax jurisdiction (or tax haven) for the financial and legal advantages it provides, including:
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Alfa-Bank Alfa Bank JSC, the corporate treasury of the Alfa Group, is the largest private commercial bank in Russia. It was founded by Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman, who is still the controlling owner today. It is headquartered in Moscow. It operates in seven countries, providing financial services to over 40,000 active corporate customers and 5.3 million retail clients. Alfa Bank is particularly active in Russia and Ukraine, ranking among top 10 largest banks in terms of capital in both countries. In the 2009 edition of the "Top-1000 World Banks", a survey by "The Banker" magazine, Alfa Bank was placed 270th.
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SpareBank 1 BV SpareBank 1 BV is a Norwegian savings bank, headquartered in Sandefjord, Norway. The banks main market
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Amsterdam Trade Bank Amsterdam Trade Bank (ATB) is a commercial bank registered in The Netherlands, which is almost 100%-owned by the Russian Alfa-Bank. The bank focuses on providing trade financing for companies wishing to do business in Russia and former Soviet states. ATB is supervised by De Nederlandsche Bank and Central Bank of Russia.
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Bank of Beijing The Bank of Beijing () () is a bank based in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Founded on January 8, 1996 as Beijing City Commercial Bank (sometimes referred to as Beijing Commercial Bank), it adopted its present name in January 2005.
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Bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit. Lending activities can be performed either directly or indirectly through capital markets. Due to their importance in the financial stability of a country, banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, known as the Basel Accords.
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State Bank of India State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company. It is a government-owned corporation with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. On 1st April, 2017, State Bank of India, which is India's largest Bank merged with five of its Associate Banks (State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself. This is the first ever large scale consolidation in the Indian Banking Industry. With the merger, State Bank of India will enter the league of top 50 global banks with a balance sheet size of ₹33 trillion, 278,000 employees, 420 million customers, and more than 24,000 branches and 59,000 ATMs. SBI's market share will increase to 22 percent from 17 per cent. It has 198 offices in 37 countries; 301 correspondents in 72 countries. The company is ranked 232nd on the "Fortune Global 500" list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2016.