French Polynesia – CM PB

2025, Cross-border, Update

Country Manual Private Banking

French Polynesia

out of Bank’s Country of Establishment (Def, RS, BT & RT)

Source of changesAnswers
Law / RegulationNo
New Position of the AuthoritiesNo
Evolution of Expert’s InterpretationNo

Regulatory Template, Regulatory Summary and Behaviour Template

Material changes

The documents have been reviewed, and we can confirm that there have been no relevant regulatory developments implying material changes since the last update of this Country Manual.

Non-material changes

To reflect the strict approach of the authorities with regard to reverse solicitation, in particular for contacts taking place on the French Polynesian territory, investment-related prospecting activities with Qualified prospects are now a grey zone.

In the Behaviour Template, the condition “on an occasional basis” has been added to socialising activities in French Polynesia, to bear in mind that any kind of activity taking place on the French Polynesian territory could be considered a relevant element in application of the “bundle of indicators” method. Thus, even for simple socialising activities, it is recommended to avoid a too regular presence in French Polynesia.

Further non-material developments and amendments have been made throughout all the documents.

BT Short Comparison

This document allows users to quickly identify the modifications made compared to the previous version of the PB Manual (BT Short Comparison). The BT Short Comparison can be found on BRP’s platform (mybrponline) in the Search tab by entering in the Document Field “CM PB BT SHORT COMP” and “FRENCH POLYNESIA” in the Target Country Field.

The BT Short Comparison should be read as follows:

The first column contains a short description of the activity in question. The second column contains the answers of the previous version of the Country Manual (online until the day of the alert). The third column contains the new answers of the most recent version of the Country Manual. Only the modified answers are displayed (in color). If the answers in the new version are unchanged compared to the previous version, they are shaded in grey.

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Geneva, December 23rd 2025