These are just general guidelines. Compare these areas to the Canadian system 1. Macro overview of foreign country banking system: a. Number of banks be they private ownership, publicly traded banks or government owned banks b. Brief description of main banks and their size c. Are banks in the target country federally regulated banks or are they state/Provincially regulated d. Cash based banking system or electronic based banking system? e. Number of branches in the subject country? f. Industry specific banks or full-service banks? g. Credit unions or savings and loans banks allowed? 2. Overview of the foreign country's privacy laws. a. Does the subject country have privacy laws? b. Are they similar or different to Canadian privacy laws? If different, which areas are better or worse than the Canadian laws? c. How much influence do the US privacy laws have on the subject country laws? 3. Overview of the foreign country's money laundering laws. a. Does the subject country have money laundering laws? b. Are they similar or different to Canadian money laundering laws? If different, which areas are better or worse than the Canadian laws? c. How much influence do the US money laundering laws have on the subject country laws? These are just general guidelines. Compare these areas to the Canadian system 1. Macro overview of foreign country banking system: a. Number of banks be they private ownership, publicly traded banks or government owned banks b. Brief description of main banks and their size c. Are banks in the target country federally regulated banks or are they state/Provincially regulated d. Cash based banking system or electronic based banking system? e. Number of branches in the subject country? f. Industry specific banks or full-service banks? g. Credit unions or savings and loans banks allowed? 2. Overview of the foreign country's privacy laws. a. Does the subject country have privacy laws? b. Are they similar or different to Canadian privacy laws? If different, which areas are better or worse than the Canadian laws? c. How much influence do the US privacy laws have on the subject country laws? 3. Overview of the foreign country's money laundering laws. a. Does the subject country have money laundering laws? b. Are they similar or different to Canadian money laundering laws? If different, which areas are better or worse than the Canadian laws? c. How much influence do the US money laundering laws have on the subject country laws