Editing Economy of Vanuatu (section)

===Financial sector===
In addition, the Vanuatu government has maintained the country's pre-independence status as a tax haven and international financial center. About 2,000 registered institutions offer a wide range of [[offshore bank]]ing, investment, legal, accounting, and insurance and [[trust company]] services. On the [[Tax Justice Network]]'s 2011 Financial Secrecy Index, Vanuatu received a "secrecy score" of 88/100, though its marginal market share placed it near the bottom of the weighted list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/2011results.html |title=2011 Results - Financial Secrecy Index |access-date=2013-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828000235/http://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/2011results.html |archive-date=2013-08-28 }}</ref> Vanuatu was one of three Pacific island nations (along with Nauru and Palau) which four major international banks placed a U.S. dollar transaction ban on in December 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pidp.org/archive/1999/December/12-21-up1.htm |title=WORLD BANKS ISOLATE THREE PACIFIC COUNTRIES: NAURU, PALAU AND VANUATU ACCUSED OF MONEY LAUNDERING - December 21, 1999 |access-date=2013-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928211546/http://pidp.org/archive/1999/December/12-21-up1.htm |archive-date=2013-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Vanuatu [[Immigrant investor programs|sells citizenship]] for about $150,000, and its passports allow visa-free travel throughout Europe. With demand from the Chinese market booming, passport sales may now account for more than 30% of the country's revenue.<ref>How selling citizenship is now big business. Sarah Treanor and Vivienne Nunis, business reporters, BBC News, Vanuatu. 10 October 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49958628</ref> 
Vanuatu maintains an international shipping register in [[New York City]].{{cn|date=August 2020}}