Bafin said in a statement that it had imposed a so-called "moratorium"
on Maple Bank GmbH, closing it down for customers and barring it from
taking payments not related to redemption of debt.
Because the lender is tiny with total net assets of just €5 billion, it poses no threat to the financial stability of the country, BaFin said.
Maple Bank is known in Germany because it helped luxury sports carmaker Porsche in its ultimately failed attempt to take over auto giant Volkswagen in 2008.
It specialises in equities and derivatives trading and had €2.6 billion in liabilities mainly with institutional clients as of February 4th, BaFin said.
Because it is having to set aside tax provisions, there is a threat of over-indebtedness, it added.
In September, German prosecutors searched offices and residences linked to Maple Bank in a probe of serious tax evasion and money laundering connected to dividend stripping
Because the lender is tiny with total net assets of just €5 billion, it poses no threat to the financial stability of the country, BaFin said.
Maple Bank is known in Germany because it helped luxury sports carmaker Porsche in its ultimately failed attempt to take over auto giant Volkswagen in 2008.
It specialises in equities and derivatives trading and had €2.6 billion in liabilities mainly with institutional clients as of February 4th, BaFin said.
Because it is having to set aside tax provisions, there is a threat of over-indebtedness, it added.
In September, German prosecutors searched offices and residences linked to Maple Bank in a probe of serious tax evasion and money laundering connected to dividend stripping
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