A high-speed telecommunications infrastructure provides reliable state-of-the-art global communications. And, perhaps most importantly, its sophisticated financial and legal infrastructure provides comfort to both investors and financial service providers.

The financial services industry of the Netherlands Antilles is supervised and regulated by the Netherlands Antilles Central Bank, in close cooperation with the Dutch Central Bank, thus guaranteeing the reputation of Curaçao as one of the world’s leading offshore centers and offering unparalleled financial security and stability.

The Netherlands Antilles is a member of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, which forms part of the Financial Action Task Force based in Switzerland. It has enacted up-to-date legislation for combating money laundering, including ‘~Know Your Client” (KYC) rules. These initiatives resulted in the broad acceptance of Curaçao by developed countries and global organizations focusing on fair tax practices. General acceptance in many cases offers a reduced withholding tax requirement. In addition, the enactment of a New Fiscal Framework in 2001, in full compliance with the policies of the OECD for fair tax practices, further reduces local tax rates. Our country is hence: