Thousands more financial institutions have registered as compliant on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) database.
The latest list published by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was the first to be updated this year.
Another 4,258 financial institutions outside around the world have agreed to report the details of any accounts and investments controlled by US taxpayers.
FATCA has 186,907 compliant financial institutions in 228 financial jurisdictions., compared to 182,649 on the last list.
The Cayman Islands (35,161 listings) and the UK (25,280) are the financial centres with the most registered financial institutions – making up a third of registrations.
Luxembourg takes third place with 8,948 and British Virgin Islands is fourth with 6,627.
The next FATCA list is due for publication by the IRS on April 1, 2016.
Download the list of financial institutions on the FATCA List (Excel csv file)
The FATCA List (Countries A –Z)
| COUNTRY | No of FATCA INSTITUTIONS |
|---|---|
| AFGHANISTAN | 14 |
| ALAND ISLANDS | 1 |
| ALBANIA | 21 |
| ALGERIA | 5 |
| ANDORRA | 53 |
| ANGOLA | 30 |
| ANGUILLA | 188 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | 43 |
| ARGENTINA | 718 |
| ARMENIA | 40 |
| ARUBA | 24 |
| AUSTRALIA | 3703 |
| AUSTRIA | 2989 |
| AZERBAIJAN | 70 |
| BAHAMAS | 1179 |
| BAHRAIN | 247 |
| BANGLADESH | 90 |
| BARBADOS | 187 |
| BELARUS | 72 |
| BELGIUM | 371 |
| BELIZE | 349 |
| BENIN | 15 |
| BERMUDA | 2676 |
| BHUTAN | 1 |
| BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF | 45 |
| BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA | 13 |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | 81 |
| BOTSWANA | 35 |
| BOUVET ISLAND | 3 |
| BRAZIL | 5964 |
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY | 9 |
| BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | 30 |
| BULGARIA | 205 |
| BURKINA FASO | 9 |
| BURUNDI | 9 |
| CAMBODIA | 95 |
| CAMEROON | 19 |
| CANADA | 5061 |
| CAPE VERDE | 15 |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | 35161 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | 5 |
| CHAD | 7 |
| CHILE | 388 |
| CHINA | 1232 |
| CHRISTMAS ISLAND | 1 |
| COLOMBIA | 261 |
| COMOROS | 6 |
| CONGO | 8 |
| CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE | 18 |
| COOK ISLANDS | 148 |
| COSTA RICA | 143 |
| COTE D'IVOIRE | 36 |
| CROATIA | 90 |
| CURACAO | 367 |
| CYPRUS | 988 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 293 |
| DENMARK | 419 |
| DJIBOUTI | 8 |
| DOMINICA | 26 |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 126 |
| ECUADOR | 147 |
| EGYPT | 280 |
| EL SALVADOR | 72 |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | 8 |
| ESTONIA | 48 |
| ETHIOPIA | 18 |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) | 1 |
| FIJI | 6 |
| FINLAND | 858 |
| FRANCE | 5366 |
| FRENCH POLYNESIA | 4 |
| GABON | 10 |
| GAMBIA | 15 |
| GEORGIA | 36 |
| GERMANY | 4463 |
| GHANA | 58 |
| GIBRALTAR | 2155 |
| GREECE | 220 |
| GREENLAND | 4 |
| GRENADA | 32 |
| GUADELOUPE | 1 |
| GUAM | 5 |
| GUATEMALA | 88 |
| GUERNSEY | 5609 |
| GUINEA | 15 |
| GUINEA-BISSAU | 2 |
| GUYANA | 14 |
| HAITI | 22 |
| HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) | 2 |
| HONDURAS | 48 |
| HONG KONG | 3656 |
| HUNGARY | 378 |
| ICELAND | 29 |
| INDIA | 982 |
| INDONESIA | 553 |
| IRAQ | 71 |
| IRELAND | 4410 |
| ISLE OF MAN | 1070 |
| ISRAEL | 902 |
| ITALY | 1460 |
| JAMAICA | 59 |
| JAPAN | 4180 |
| JERSEY | 5078 |
| JORDAN | 95 |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 105 |
| KENYA | 94 |
| KIRIBATI | 1 |
| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | 1313 |
| KOSOVO | 1 |
| KUWAIT | 217 |
| KYRGYZSTAN | 31 |
| LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC | 28 |
| LATVIA | 63 |
| LEBANON | 167 |
| LESOTHO | 10 |
| LIBERIA | 83 |
| LIBYA | 23 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | 1215 |
| LITHUANIA | 99 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 8948 |
| MACAO | 81 |
| MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF | 27 |
| MADAGASCAR | 9 |
| MALAWI | 18 |
| MALAYSIA | 673 |
| MALDIVES | 7 |
| MALI | 12 |
| MALTA | 1020 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 152 |
| MARTINIQUE | 2 |
| MAURITANIA | 15 |
| MAURITIUS | 2909 |
| MEXICO | 636 |
| MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF | 1 |
| MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF | 30 |
| MONACO | 153 |
| MONGOLIA | 27 |
| MONTENEGRO | 20 |
| MONTSERRAT | 12 |
| MOROCCO | 130 |
| MOZAMBIQUE | 24 |
| MYANMAR | 31 |
| NAMIBIA | 61 |
| NEPAL | 35 |
| NETHERLANDS | 3636 |
| NEW CALEDONIA | 5 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 1591 |
| NICARAGUA | 24 |
| NIGER | 7 |
| NIGERIA | 113 |
| NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS | 1 |
| NORWAY | 642 |
| OMAN | 41 |
| OTHER | 975 |
| PAKISTAN | 176 |
| PALAU | 1 |
| PANAMA | 1156 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 5 |
| PARAGUAY | 43 |
| PERU | 262 |
| PHILIPPINES | 256 |
| POLAND | 649 |
| PORTUGAL | 370 |
| PUERTO RICO | 4 |
| QATAR | 75 |
| REUNION | 1 |
| ROMANIA | 145 |
| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 1432 |
| RWANDA | 19 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | 270 |
| SAINT LUCIA | 99 |
| SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH PART) | 3 |
| SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON | 2 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 380 |
| SAMOA | 60 |
| SAN MARINO | 17 |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | 6 |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 291 |
| SENEGAL | 25 |
| SERBIA | 56 |
| SEYCHELLES | 268 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 10 |
| SINGAPORE | 2245 |
| SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH PART) | 19 |
| SLOVAKIA | 87 |
| SLOVENIA | 87 |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS | 4 |
| SOMALIA | 2 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 822 |
| SOUTH SUDAN | 9 |
| SPAIN | 1532 |
| SRI LANKA | 79 |
| SUDAN | 10 |
| SURINAME | 12 |
| SWAZILAND | 17 |
| SWEDEN | 754 |
| SWITZERLAND | 5157 |
| SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC | 1 |
| TAIWAN | 914 |
| TAJIKISTAN | 34 |
| TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF | 37 |
| THAILAND | 1644 |
| TIMOR-LESTE | 4 |
| TOGO | 13 |
| TONGA | 2 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | 86 |
| TUNISIA | 103 |
| TURKEY | 291 |
| TURKMENISTAN | 13 |
| TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS | 96 |
| UGANDA | 36 |
| UKRAINE | 322 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 477 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 25280 |
| UNITED STATES | 959 |
| UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS | 1 |
| URUGUAY | 186 |
| UZBEKISTAN | 24 |
| VANUATU | 13 |
| VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF | 87 |
| VIET NAM | 158 |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) | 6627 |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) | 2 |
| WALLIS AND FUTUNA | 1 |
| WEST BANK AND GAZA | 35 |
| YEMEN | 19 |
| ZAMBIA | 27 |
| ZIMBABWE | 40 |
| Total: | 186907 |
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