There are basicly 3 banks on Cook Islands. There are also a bunch of off-shore investment fund companies.
The banks.
Getting loans..... I would not like to do that. Interest rates are to say the least.... staggering. Today 2014-07-13 I notice BCI intersts are: Home Loan 8,99% Business loan 8,20% And the term deposit rate is 4,40%.
Term deposits are in which currency NZD or AUD? Both currencies are bad for forex players right now. Term deposits would not help if accounts are in NZD or AUD
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All deposits are in NZ dollars. Doing business by Forex is always bad anyhow. Forex is good for the tourist traveler that goes to the sun ones a year but it is much less loss to transfer the money between banks directly.