Two of the accounts we open cost exactly the same: EUR 1,337. One is a premium TBC Concept 360 account in Tbilisi, Georgia. The other is a non-CRS account at ABank (formerly Aiyl Bank) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Because the price is identical, nobody ever picks one for being cheaper. They pick based on what they
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From 11 January 2027, a bank established outside the European Union may not take deposits, lend, or issue guarantees to clients resident in the EU unless it sets up a licensed branch in the member state concerned. So say the headlines. Below is what the rule actually contains, and more importantly what it means for
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Short answer: yes. For a perpetual traveller there is still nothing better on the planet. But 2026 was the year Paraguay got more bureaucratically demanding. Three regulations landed inside five months: Resolution DNM 407/2026 rewrote what you must prove to get permanent residency, Resolution DNM 376/2026 gave Migraciones a written procedure for cancelling the residency
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