About Us

WHO WE ARE

Set up in 2007, FinanceMalta, a non-profit public-private initiative, was set up to promote Malta as an international business and financial centre within, as well as outside, Malta.

FinanceMalta brings together and harnesses the resources of the industry and government to ensure Malta maintains a modern and effective legal, regulatory and fiscal framework in which the financial services and fintech sector can continue to grow and prosper.

FinanceMalta came on the scene at a critical time, just as Malta entered the Eurozone. The financial services sector is now a major force in the country’s economy. Malta has some significant strengths to offer the industry such as a well-trained, motivated workforce; a low-cost environment; and an advantageous tax regime backed up by more than 70 double taxation agreements. To these, FinanceMalta can add a world-class information and communications technology infrastructure, English as an official language, an enviable climate, and its strategic location.

FinanceMalta is a member of the World Alliance of International Financial Centers (WAIFC).

The WAIFC is a non-profit association based in Brussels, and its members are city governments, associations, and similar institutions developing and promoting their financial centres.

At a global level, the WAIFC promotes functionalities and financial services as close as possible to the end user, in a context of respect for cultural and operational diversity, which is a key factor in sustainable growth. Such diversity of financial centres is a source of exchange and cross-fertilisation that is beneficial to all stakeholders.

FinanceMalta is also a member of the EU Roundtable of Financial Centres.

The EU Roundtable of Financial Centres is an initiative to promote the creation of a common EU financial market as well as strengthening cooperation and exchange regarding financial services between EU member states. The EU Roundtable serves as a Regional Chapter of the World Alliance of International Financial Centers (“WAIFC”).

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