Who are we
Valens Private Bank Ltd. is a limited liability company incorporated under the International Business Companies Act 2005 as an International Business Company limited by shares, and is hold Company No. 12129. Trading names of Valens Private Bank Ltd. is Valens Bank.

The Company works under the authorisation of the Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority, and holds an International Banking License (no. L 14628 / IGB) and a Brokering and Clearing House International License (no. BRL 20971 / VPB).

The Management Board is comprised of James Holmes (Chairman) and Torben Elkjaer Pedersen.

The Valens Bank Group comprises a substantial number of domestic and foreign companies, that are licensed as per requirement by regulators in the country of their incorporation.

White Label

Valens Bank offers the entire banking platform via white-labelling to larger institutions and companies.

The operations can be maintained by Valens Bank or yourself, as well as we can deliver a sub-licsensed platform, meaning no further license would be required.

With an easy and well-functioning platform, that continuesly focus on offering state-of-the-art products and service, this allow any whitelabel client to quick and easy access the market.

To have you own sub-licensed banking platform, kindly contact us via email; info (a) valensbank.com.

Business Terms for Valens Private Bank Ltd.


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Agreement

By using the website valensbank.com and any of its pages (hereafter the “Site”), you confirm that you have reviewed, understand and agree to the following important legal information and terms of use (the “Terms”). If you do not agree to the Terms, please exit the Site immediately.

The Terms are subject to change at any time without notice and access to, and use of the Site may be restricted or terminated at any time. You are therefore advised to review these terms each time you access this website.

Access to and use of the Site are governed by Anjouan law. The place of jurisdiction is Anjouan or such other jurisdiction as may be nominated by Valens Private Bank Limited.

Valens Bank is a Trading Name of Valens Private Bank Limited.

Further access to the website might also be subject to the laws applicable in the relevant jurisdiction from which the same is being accessed.

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No offer, no advice

The information, products, data, services, tools and documents contained or described on this site (the “Content”) are for information purposes only and constitute neither an advertisement or recommendation nor an offer or solicitation to buy or sell investment instruments, to effect any transaction or to enter into any legal relations.

The financial products mentioned on this site are not suitable for all investors. Prior to making investment decisions investors should conduct a thorough investigation and obtain all necessary professional advice for all issues, including your eligibility to make such investment in terms of the applicable law.

Nothing on this site constitutes investment, legal, accounting or tax advice, or a representation that any investment or strategy is suitable or appropriate for individual circumstances, or otherwise constitutes a personal recommendation for any specific investor. Valens Bank recommends that investors independently assess, with a professional advisor, the specific financial risks as well as legal, regulatory, credit, tax and accounting consequences.

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Local legal restrictions

The Content of this Site is not intended for use by or distribution to any individual or legal entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution, publication or use would be contrary to the law or regulatory provisions or in which members are resident, and where Valens Bank and the wider group of the Valens group of companies   (individually and together “Valens”) does not hold the necessary local registration or license. Individuals or legal entities in respect of whom such prohibitions apply, whether on grounds of their nationality, their place of residence or on other grounds, must not access or use the site.

Some entities, services and products of Valens Bank may not be registered or licensed under legal and regulatory provisions governing financial services or products and their providers in certain countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (U.K.), Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy and Spain. Therefore, all users are required to check for information about using Valens Banks products and services before using them.

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No warranty

Valens Bank provides no warranty and makes no representations of any kind whatsoever regarding: (1) the currency, accuracy or completeness of the content; (2) the results to be obtained by any user of the Site; (3) the legality of users using Valens Bank services in users jurisdictions, or (4) any third party content accessible on or through the Site.

Except to the extent required by current laws and/or regulations, Valens Bank, including its directors, agents, employees or subcontractors: (1) disclaims any and all express or implied warranties and conditions including without limitation warranties and conditions as to quality and fitness for a particular purpose; and (2) does not warrant that the Site, any content (including any third party content), goods and services referred to therein will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Site, the servers from which it is available or any connected website is free of viruses, trojan horses, worms, software bombs or similar items or processes or other harmful components. In order to safeguard against viruses, it is advisable to use up-to-date versions of browsers and to install and continuously update antivirus software. Users should strictly avoid opening e-mails of unknown origin or unexpected e-mail attachments.

Any data, including but not limited to financial market data, quotes, notices, research or other financial information accessible through this Site, have been obtained from carefully selected sources believed to be reliable. All such information is provided “as is” to the user without express or implied warranties of any kind, including warranties of quality, originality, non-infringement of intellectual property or fitness for any particular purpose.

The information and opinions in the Site are descriptive of Valens Bank as a whole and the products and services described may not be available to or suitable for all investors. The fact that a user accesses the Site does not make him a client of Valens Bank and you are requested to refer to paragraph 3 above.

Any expressions of opinion, estimates and projections on the Site are those of the authors at the date of writing. They do not necessarily reflect the view of Valens Bank and are subject to change at any time without prior warning. Valens Bank and its contractual partners may discontinue, or make changes in, the information, data and documents, and the products or services described herein, at any time without prior notice. Any information marked with a date is published as of this date only and no obligation or responsibility is undertaken to update or amend any such information

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No liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY CURRENT LAWS AND/OR REGULATIONS, VALENS, INCLUDING ITS DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, SUB-CONTRACTORS AND ITS SALES PARTNERS DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES (DIRECT OR INDIRECT) OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLYAS A RESULT OF (1) THE CONTENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR OTHERWISE OF THE CONTENT OR ANY LINKS OR THIRD PARTY CONTENT; (2) ANY ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE SITE; (3) USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SITE; (4) ANY INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE FOR ANY REASON.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY CURRENT LAWS AND/OR REGULATIONS, VALENS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY (1) LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE OR SAVINGS OR OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS, (2) LOSS OF BUSINESS OR GOODWILL, (3) LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO DATA, (4) INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL LOSS, (5) WASTED OR LOST MANAGEMENT TIME, OR (6) INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS ARISING FROM USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE OR IF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE WAS FORESEEABLE.

YOU UNDERTAKE TO INDEMNIFY VALENS AND TO KEEP VALENS BANK AT ALL TIMES FULLY INDEMNIFIED FROM AND AGAINST ALL ACTIONS PROCEEDINGS CLAIMS DEMANDS COSTS (INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THIS PROVISION THE LEGAL COSTS OF VALENS BANK ON A SOLICITOR AND OWN CLIENT BASIS) AWARDS AND DAMAGES HOWEVER ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF ANY BREACH OR NON-PERFORMANCE BY YOU OF ANY OF YOUR UNDERTAKINGS WARRANTIES OR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THESE TERMS

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Proprietary information

Unless accompanied by an explicit statement to the contrary, all content on this Site is protected by copyright, database rights, or other intellectual property rights, and is the property of Valens Bank.

Except as otherwise specifically agreed in writing or to the extent necessary to use the Site in accordance with these Terms, you shall not: (1) copy the Site in whole or in part (except to make backup copies solely for disaster recovery purposes); (2) display, reproduce, create derivative works from, transmit, sell, distribute, rent, lease, sublicense, time-share, lend or transfer or in any way exploit the Site in whole or in part; (3) embed the Site into other products; (4) use the Site in any timesharing arrangement; (5) create function calls or other embedded links from any software program to the Site; (6) remove or obscure any copyright notice of Valens or any of its suppliers; (7) use any trademarks, service marks, domain names, logos, or other identifiers of Valens or any of its third party suppliers; or (8) save to the extent permitted under by law, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or access the source code of the Site.

Nothing on the Site is designed to grant any license or right to use any image, trademark or logo. No act of downloading or otherwise copying from the Site will transfer any legal entitlement to any software or material on the Site to you. Valens reserves all intellectual property rights (such as copyright and trademark rights) to all material on the Site, and will enforce such rights to the full extent of applicable law

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Third-party content

Statements on this site may contain information obtained from third parties, including ratings from rating agencies such as Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, Fitch and other similar rating agencies, and research from research providers such as MSCI ESG Research LLC or its affiliates. Issuers mentioned or included in any MSCI ESG Research LLC materials may be a client of or affiliated with a client of MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) or another MSCI subsidiary.

Reproduction and distribution of third-party content in any form is prohibited except with the prior written permission of the related third party. Third-party content providers do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or availability of any information, including ratings or research, and are not responsible for any errors or omissions (negligent or otherwise), regardless of the cause, or for the results obtained from the use of such content. Third-party content providers give no express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use. Third-party content providers shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, exemplary, compensatory, punitive, special or consequential damages, costs, expenses, legal fees or losses (including lost income or profits and opportunity costs) in connection with any use of their content, including ratings or research. Credit and/or research ratings are statements of opinions and are not statements of fact or recommendations to purchase, hold or sell securities. They do not address the market value of securities or the suitability of securities for investment purposes and should not be relied on as investment advice.

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Material interests

Valens Bank and/or its board of directors, executive management and employees may have or have had interests or positions or traded or acted as market makers in securities referred to on the Site. Furthermore, such entities or persons may have or have had a relationship with or may provide or have provided corporate finance or other services to or serve or have served as directors of companies referred to on the Site.

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Performance

The past is not an indication of the future performance of an investment. The value of investments may be subject to fluctuations and investors may not get back the amount invested. Changes in rates of foreign exchange may also cause the value of investments to go up or down.

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Monitoring

Please note that all your actions while using this Site may be recorded and analyzed for various purposes, including security, marketing and system monitoring purposes.

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Links to third-party websites

Links to third-party websites on the Site are provided solely for your convenience as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to users of the Site. Valens Bank has no control over the content on such third-party websites nor are such websites monitored by Valens Bank. Activating some links to third-party websites on this Site may cause you to leave this Site. No warranties or liability concerning the content of such websites are made, including assurances that it is correct, accurate, complete, true, up-to-date or fit for any particular purpose. Nor does Valens Bank warrant that such website or content is free from any claims of copyright or trademark or other infringement of the rights of third parties or that such site or content is free of viruses or other harmful components. No guarantee as to the authenticity of documents on the Internet is given.

Using links to third-party websites provided on this Site is at your sole discretion and at your own risk.

Please note that third-party websites are not subject to Valens Bank data protection policy and Valens is not responsible for the policies they apply with regard to collection and treatment of your personal data. We recommend that you carefully read the terms of use and data protection policies governing the third-party website before using it in order to check how it protects your personal data and privacy.

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Data transfer/processing

Whilst Valens Bank takes measures to ensure that your personal data cannot be intercepted by third parties, please note that when using this Site, data is transported over an open network (Internet) which is accessible to third parties and which cannot be regarded as a secure environment. Valens Bank may transmit or store any data provided by you when using this Site outside your country of residence. In such cases, Valens Bank will make every effort to secure an appropriate standard of protection for your data, taking account of the applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including those relating to bank client confidentiality and data protection, but it is possible that data may be relayed to a country in which the prevailing standards of data protection are lower than in your country of domicile. Valens Bank accepts no responsibility or liability for the security of your data during transmission via the Internet. We would like to draw your attention to the fact that you can communicate with us by other means whenever you consider it appropriate on data protection grounds.

Valens Bank does not use this Site to collect any personal data, except where you explicitly and knowingly provide such data.

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Rectification

Valens Bank shall have the right at any time to rectify and/or amend any incorrect or erroneous credit or debit entry in relation to any account maintained by you with Valens Bank or its custodian or stockbroker or any third party and any such rectification or amendment made by Valens Bank shall be binding on you save in the event of manifest error.

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Derivatives, research

This Site contains information on derivatives and research material. You will only be able to access detailed information on these subjects after indicating your country of origin. You will then be given access to information on derivatives and research material of Valens Bank authorized for distribution in your jurisdiction. When obtaining access to such information you are required to pay particular attention to any accompanying legal information.

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Service Providers

Valens Bank offers bank accounts to its clients via its custodian.

Valens Bank offers stockbroking services to its clients via regulated service providers.

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Fees and charges

You undertake and agree to make prompt payment of all fees and charges from time to time due or owing to Valens Bank which shall have the right to deduct any outstanding fees or other sums which may be payable to Valens from time to time from any account maintained by you with Valens Bank or its custodian bank or stockbroker.

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Assignment, Subcontracting and Delegation

These Terms are for the benefit of Valens Private Bank Limited trading as Valens Bank, its successors and assigns. Valens Bank may assign or transfer any of its rights under these Terms. Valens Bank may delegate or subcontract the performance of any obligation under these Terms.

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Suspension and Termination

Valens Bank shall have the right at any time without notice to suspend and/or terminate the provision of all or any part of the services provided by Valens Bank pursuant to the Terms in the event that Valens Bank becomes aware of any breach of warranty or representation on your part or any material breach of these Terms or if Valens Bank becomes aware of any suspicious trading activity on your part or any breach by you of anti-money-laundering regulations or breach by you of any regulatory requirement or legislative provision under the laws of Anjouan or any other relevant jurisdiction.