Three governments launched brand-new citizenship-by-investment programs in the eighteen months leading into mid-2026: Nauru, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Sierra Leone. IMI Daily’s look back at the year’s investment-migration industry named all three as the fresh crop of 2025. Between them, they’ve probably issued a few hundred passports. That number matters more than it sounds
Two different Saudi stories are getting merged into one. The confusion is costing readers real clarity. Story one is confirmed law. On June 23, 2026, Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet approved the Executive Regulation of the Law of Real Estate Ownership by Non-Saudis. It opens designated zones, including the giga-project Diriyah Gate, to foreign property ownership. Story
For a decade, investor migration sold like a menu. Pay here, move there, pay less tax somewhere else, collect a passport later. That model is being dismantled in real time. 2026 is the year it became impossible to ignore. The question in 2019 was simple: which passport is fastest? The question now is longer. Will
Video KYC deepfake attacks hit banks in Hong Kong, Jakarta, and Singapore in 2024-2025. Here is the layer that actually breaks, and the one that does not.
Korea lost 2,400 millionaires in 2025 and the exodus continues. A Swiss bank account for Koreans is fully legal — but two rulebooks apply, and most applicants only prepare for one.
The Swiss franc pays 0% — sometimes less — and hit 11-year highs anyway. A look at what the wealthy are actually buying when they accept zero yield.
The 1% US remittance tax has applied since January 2026 — but only to cash-funded transfers. Bank wires stay exempt, which makes how you fund a foreign account a tax decision.
Vanuatu’s national bank lost its last Australian-dollar clearing channel in 2025. Here is how correspondent banking dies, who is next, and why corridor diversification beats deposit insurance.
FinCEN rescinded its St Kitts CBI advisory in 2026. Learn why banks still scrutinize second passports and how to disclose acquired citizenship.
Evergreen private equity funds promise periodic access, not cash on demand. Learn how gates, queues, NAV pricing and redemption funding really work.
