Financial institutions, including foreign banks, regularly access the capital markets and seek to diversify their funding alternatives. Foreign banks may seek to access the US capital markets without subjecting themselves to registration with, and oversight by, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
This brief summary is intended to outline the most common capital raising approaches used by foreign banks, and the issues that foreign banks should consider in structuring offerings of securities, certificates of deposit, or commercial paper in the United States.
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