Financial centre of the 19th century. After 1870, Berlin and New York grew to become major financial centres mainly serving their national economies. An array of smaller international financial centers found market niches, such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Zurich, and Geneva. London remained the leading international financial center in the four decades leading up to World War I. Since then, London and New York have developed leading positions in different activities and some non-Western financial centres have grown in prominence, notably Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. In Asia, Tokyo emerged as a major financial centre in the 1980s as the Japanese economy became
Independent Financial Centre of the Americas new model for the 21st century, which responds positively to greater regulatory scrutiny and appeals to market participants operating in an increasingly innovative marketplace. The Government of the Dominican Republic appreciates the benefits our model will generate for the country. It also understands that success is dependent on the dynamism and adaptability of a private enterprise". The Centre plans to support a wide range of banking services. The Regulatory Authority will grant licenses for other regulated financial services business including investment, commercial and private banking as well as asset management. The Information technology (IT) platform has been designed to underpin