[Osmf-talk] OSMF looking for a bank account

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

Good morning Frederik

I did a compilatory research on what bank other small NGOs in Geneva are 
using. So here is what I found:

Association for the Prevention of Torture is using /UBS/.
http://www.apt.ch/en/donate/
https://www.ubs.com/ch/en.html

Geneva Call is using *for donations in other currencies* /Banque 
Cantonale de Genève/
http://www.genevacall.org/donation-bank-transfer/
https://www.bcge.ch/

G.R.A.F.E. - Generation, Research, Action and Training for the 
Environment is using /Postfianance/
http://www.assografe.ch/index.php/en/component/content/article/80-resources-financing/84-devenir-membre
https://www.postfinance.ch/en.html

The long list of NGOs in Geneva is here:
http://www.genevainternational.org/pages/en/87;Non-Governmental_Organisations
so such a research could be continued.

However, there could be something what is not obvious in this domain. 
For example, NGOs in Geneva do not buy or hire office premises from a 
commercial market, but they do it via special foundation: 
http://www.fipoi.ch/en with loans for fifty years and even exceptional 
grants. Since OSMF is not a commercial company, there could be also some 
special rules applicable. You can find more information at the NGO 
Service page: http://www.cagi.ch/en/ngo.php . This page is on the 
website of the CAGI (le Centre d'Accueil - Genève Internationale; eng. 
Geneva Welcome Centre). It is an organization, which assists NGOs and 
International organizations in such tasks, and it could be the right 
place to ask about a bank account.

With best regards,
Oleksiy

On 19/08/16 22:39, Frederik Ramm wrote:
 > We've talked to two banks in Germany and one in Switzerland and neither
 > had anything easier to offer. (I have a suspicion they might have had an
 > offer if we were 100 times our actual size...)



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