BVI Business Companies (Restricted Company Names) Notice (Revised 2020)

The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission issued this notice to restrict the use of specific words and phrases in company names without prior written consent. The regulation prohibits the Registrar from registering any entity containing terms listed in the Schedule, which include sensitive financial and legal designations such as 'Bank,' 'Insurance,' and 'Trust.' Companies obtaining consent may utilize either the full or abbreviated forms of these restricted names as part of their official corporate identity.

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LAW OF VIRGIN ISLANDS BVI Business Companies (Restricted Company Names) Notice 23 Revision Date: 1 Jan 2020 [Statutory Instrument] BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES (RESTRICTED COMPANY NAMES) NOTICE

  • SECTION 18(2) (S.I.s 48/2013, 11/2015 and 34/2018) Commencement [29 August 2013] Short title
  1. This Notice may be cited as the BVI Business Companies (Restricted Company Names) Notice. Restricted words or phrases
  2. (1) The words and phrases listed in the Schedule, including any derivative, cognate term or other foreign language translation of the words or phrases and whether or not the words or phrases are spaced, in brackets or punctuated or are in the singular or plural are specified as restricted words or phrases. (2) Where an abbreviation contained in the Schedule is used as part of the name of a company, a full-stop may be placed at the end of the abbreviation or between the abbreviated letters. (3) The Registrar shall not register a company that has a restricted word or phrase in its name unless the Commission has given its prior written consent to the use of the word or phrase. (4) Where the Commission consents to the use of a restricted name which can be designated in an abbreviated form, the company to which the restricted name relates may use either the full or the abbreviated form of the restricted name as part of the company’s name.
  3. (Omitted). __________

LAW OF VIRGIN ISLANDS BVI Business Companies 24 (Restricted Company Names) Notice [Statutory Instrument] Revision Date: 1 Jan 2020 SCHEDULE Adjuster Company Registry Funding Law Registered Agent Ahorra Cooperative FX Lease Registry Annuity Cooperative Society Gambling Leasing Re-insurance Anonima Credit Gaming Liability Reinsured Anonyme Critical Illness Geldmittl Life Reinsurer Arbitrage Crown Government Life and Health Re-assured Asset Management Currency Governor Limited Partnership Re-Assurer Association Deposit Guarantee Liquidation Reinsurance Assurance E-change Guaranteed Liquidator Risk Assurer Exchange Hedge Litigation Insurance Royal Authorized Representative e-bank Hedge Fund LLC Saving Banc e-commerce HMS LLP Savings and Loans Banco e-Financing IBC Lloyds School Bancorp e-Fund Imperial Loan Securities Bank e-gaming Indemnity Loss Adjuster Sovereign Banker e-Insurance Insolvency Lottery Surety Bankrupt e-Investment Insolvent LP Suretyship Bankruptcy e-money Insurance Majesty Third Party Administrator Banque e-money services Insured Malpractice Transmission Belegginsfonds e-savings Insurer Money Trust (Belegginsfonds) e-trust Insurance Agent Money Services Trust Company Betting Extended Coverage Insurance Broker Mutual Trust Corporation Bingo Extended Warranty Insurance Brokerage Mutual Fund Trustee British Fidelity Insurance Consultant Official Liquidator Trustee Company Broker Fiduciaire Insurance Manager Official Receiver Underwrite Brokerage Fiduciare Intermediary Official Trustee Underwriter Building Society Fiduciary Island Partnership Underwriting Bureau Financing i-bank Permanent Health University

LAW OF VIRGIN ISLANDS BVI Business Companies (Restricted Company Names) Notice 25 Revision Date: 1 Jan 2020 [Statutory Instrument] Caja Financing Business i-financing Pharmacy Capital Markets Fondo i-Forex Portfolio Captive Fondos Mutude i-fund Property and Casualty Casualty Fondos Mutuds i-gaming Protected Cells Chamber of Commerce Fondos Mutuos i-insurance Provident Change Foreign Exchange i-investment Prudential Chartered Foreign Insurer i-Money Reassured Church Forex i-money services Reassurer College Foundation i-Securities Receiver Companies Registry Fund i-trust Receivership (Amended by S.I.s 11/2015 and 34/2018) __________