Choice Bank of Belize faces liquidity problems

#362
What lawsuit? If you wanted a lawsuit, the best time for it was befire this happened.Do you think they will give you whats left without making you sign a paper that the account was settled?)
If you had a lawsuit going before this happened you were getting cash before we do.
I wanted a lawsuit, but the cost was enormous and you had no guarantees.From the moment you won till you got the money was a long time and a long procedure if the bank didn t go into liquidation.But who knew it will?
 
#363
All of us must accept that was a huge mistake to keep more than 10 000 $ in a "bank" like this .
Now is the time to accept the situation and work hard to make even more than we have frozen .
This is life, sometimes you win sometimes you ... learn
 
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#364
Some closed their business meanwhile and had all the savings there...Depends how much you had in.I could never earn them back. I agree with you that we should accept it but not the rest.
 
#367

I will do both, make money while I follow the instructions, Fill the form, send the documents notariazed, wait the time as each step lasts.

Btw AK told me he had the same problem on other country with other bank and he got the 70% after 6 monthes. So that isn't zero.

I asked FCP if they could send me the last statement with the balance, the transactions, the date when the account was opened and they answered this:

Firstchoice Pay Customer Care <CustomerCare@firstchoicepay.com>
Vie 17/8/2018, 07:46


Dear .....,

Response 08/17/2018 03:46 AM

Thank you for contacting FirstChoice Pay and for your statement request!

Please note, that unfortunately we cannot issue a Transaction HIstory statement for your account as First Choice Pay system about to be closed.

For now, you can only download a statement from your online account.
Please, log into your account and download the statement.
We are sorry for any inconveniences that might have cause you.


Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us again.
Take care and have a good day!
Thank you,

Ali

Customer Care


Reference Number: 180815-011731


When u download the monthly statements or the transactions history to pdf, it doesn't appear the balance. The way I found is to print/save the screen to a pdf.

Hey, all those negative people, what are you doing here on this forum if you think u will not get ur money back? This is to help each other, not to send negative vibs.
 
#368
@Claudia

Sorry if it sounds like negative vibe, it's not the meaning.
In case of bankruptcy of a company the luck of getting something back is very little.
It's a professional forum about offshoring and banking, it s not a psychologist support forum. The best help is to inform you.
So of course try to get the more possible from choice bank liquidation, but don't count only on this, work and make some new money.
I wish you to get 100% of your money back.
 
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#369

I do work like always, if I wait for this to live I'd be died already lol!

It will not be fast and easy but I have faith, anyway I don't see any profesional support here
 
#373
Choice Bank sues Central Bank for damages

e two claimants, Choice Bank Limited and Choice Group Holdings, LLC, a company based in New York City, but incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, which holds 100 percent of issues and outstanding shares of Choice Bank, believe that the actions of the Central Bank and the Minister of Finance were wholly unjustified and unlawful. The claimants are alleging that as a result of these unlawful decisions, they have suffered loss and damages, including damage to the reputation of the directors and officers of Choice Bank and Choice Group Holdings, LLC.

As a result of the losses that they suffered, the claimants are seeking several declarations from the Supreme Court.

They are seeking a declaration that in deciding to recommend to the Minister that he revoke the license, the Central Bank and the Minister acted in breach of their statutory duties under the International Banking Act.

They are also seeking a declaration that the Central Bank and the Minister acted in breach of the statutory duties imposed upon them by the International Banking Act.

In addition, they are seeking a declaration that the Central Bank and the Minister failed to exercise their powers to promote the International Banking Act and they acted for ulterior or improper purposes.

“A declaration that the Minister and the Central Bank acted unlawful as being in breach of Choice’s right to a fair hearing in that they failed to give Choice an opportunity to explain why the intended decisions were not necessary and that their actions were irrational in light of the bank’s Repayment Plan,” said the court document.

The lawsuit is seeking to recover damages, including aggravated damages and damages to reputation, costs and such further relief that the court may see fit.

The Attorney General is named as a defendant in all lawsuits against the government, because the office is the principal legal advisor to the government.


all bulls**t !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are criminals
 
#374
We're also a victim of this Choice Bank Limited meltdown. Fortunately we only have 5k USD deposited with Choice Bank since we mainly do our corporate banking in Hong Kong with Hang Seng Bank Limited which is a credible jurisdiction with deposit protection similar to FDIC in the USA.

Unfortunately BVI companies aren't as welcome in Hong Kong now unlike when we first opened our corporate account back in 2008 because a lot of corrupt government officials in China (Do note that China and Hong Kong are separate jurisdictions) used BVI companies with HK bank accounts to embezzle money from Chinese State owned enterprises. Now all BVI companies are treated with suspicion in Hong Kong and Hong Kong banks irrationally don't want to open corporate bank accounts for BVI companies anymore even if you show them a business plan and evidence of your business operations. We found this out after looking to open up a second Hong Kong corporate bank account for our BVI company and everyone refused us despite us having a corporate bank account in Hong Kong with Hang Seng Bank Limited for years in good standing. We also heard a rumor back in 2016 that Hang Seng would be closing all BVI company bank accounts which would have been hugely disruptive for our business.

As a hedge we decided to go open a second corporate bank account for our BVI in another jurisdiction which ultimately lead us to Choice Bank Limited. We deposited the minimum and the bank account was basically kept idle aside from one transaction every 6 months to keep it from going dormant.

Fortunately the rumor that Hang Seng Bank Limited would close all BVI company bank accounts turned out to not be true since we continue to bank with Hang Seng Bank Limited, but Choice Bank Limited decided to have a complete meltdown due to poor diversification and lost its banking license during the process.

So we're filling out the claim form and see what will happen. We are filling out the second claim form as an unsecured depositor. There is one question on the form that I am not sure how to answer: "Has the deposit been assigned? Y/N". What does "assigned" mean in this context? Does that mean assigning the deposit as collateral security for a debt?
 
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#376
I can't even get basic information from First Choice Support

Adele: Hello and welcome to Firstchoice Pay customer care! My name is Adele and I would be happy to assist you! Please bear with me for a few moments while I pull up your information from our system. I will be right with you.
Adele: Hi! How may I assist you today?
Me: hello Adele
Adele: hi
Me: I need some general information about my account
Adele: sure
Me: what is my account type?
Me: Date when was my account first issued/opened
Me: name of entity which issued my card

Adele: Please hold for one moment while I check this.
Me: I had my account first opened with Payoneer before they switched me to FirstChoice
Adele: yes
Adele: Thank you for holding.
Adele: We understand you were requested by Choice bank to fill out a form in order to receive your funds. Please note that this request is from Choice Bank and not Firstchoice Pay. We unfortunately cannot assist you in filling this out. For any other matter, please contact Choice Bank directly.
Me: but i need general information about my account with firstchoice
Me: choice bank asked me this information
Me: my account type, date my account was opened
Adele: I understand, please note that you can see the first email that we sent you, in order to know when the account was issued.
Me: ok
Me: you as a first choice or payoneer?
Adele: Firstchoice Pay.
Me: thanks
Adele: It's my pleasure.
Adele: Anything else I may help you with today?
Me: no, thanks
Adele: It was a pleasure to assist you.​
 
#378
After that I didn't even bother to ask for my transaction history, btw how back do we need to send our transaction history? I can download monthly statements back to september 2017, but my load history goes to 12/19/2016.
 
#379
When they asked me to switch to FirstChoice I did and find out that this wouldn't work for me long term. Non the less I have a few thousands in there which I already kissed goodbye!
 
#380
Did you all who failed forms authenticated/ notarized them ? I haven't yet. Seems like i'll be sending another email to them after
I notarize everything ... again , notarized crappy bs we are surrounded by criminals . Both bank and the ''Belize ''country. Unless they pay back opinion stands.
 
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