adria sfm Reviews 165

TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company failed to deliver the service that was fully paid for. There were excessive delays, no clear answers, and after requesting cancellation, no refund was issued. All communication was g... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Registering business took 7 months and closing it is now taking more than 10 months. Sometimes I'm sending them an email every week with simple questions and they reply after weeks or even month!... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

there has been lightening speed follow-up from the moment i apply for SFM service. Mary has been of great help at every step. Obviously there are many requirements for documents but she has been hel... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

There are a lot of corporate service providers offering services on the internet, but SFM is i believe a very reliable one. i visited their office last week in Dubai . i originally purchased a comapny... See more

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Company details

  1. Home & Garden

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Offshore Company Formation & Bank Account Opening in the Main Offshore Jurisdictions. Fast Services & Absolute Confidentiality.


Contact info

  • North Market Boulevard 1625, 95834, Sacramento, United States

  • sfm.com

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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Need quicker respond

I’ve been doing business with SFM little more than a year and in this time I incorporated several companies on behalf of my clients. SFM is stable and professional service but there is a plenty of improvement that SFM need/may to do in the future.

1. Quicker respond to client. I know that WhatsApp is forbidden in UAE but consider options that customer manager has at least mobile phone for easier conntact. In past I waited and a couple days to get answer/respond.
2. Hidden costs. No one know in which jurisdictions is a need for mandatory stamp, mandatory POA…. You know about that only when you make a order on website.
3. Bank account opening support that SFM offer is service where there is some field to improvement. Few months ago, I had a client who was interested to open bank account in CIM. We make a order, paid in full, submit all the necessary documents and wait for a months to CIM reply, after that we paid 10K EUR deposit as CIM ask from us, and another one month of waiting to finally get rejection form CIM. SFM consider option that this service be refundable if bank denied to open business account for client.
4. Now I am working with Mary Morgand and it seems much better communication then my previous customer manager. Dear Mary, keep it going.

4 February 2021
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Dear Igor thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great and Professional service.

Great and Professional service.

Good Follow up and precise timeframe of work

opened the company smoothly and awaiting bank accounts opening.

7 January 2021
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Dear Ali thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

SFM refunded me a partial amount of my…

SFM refunded me a partial amount of my deposit after I made a mistake. I appreciate their goodwill and service.

It clearly seems to me that they are trustable.

4 January 2021
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Dear Reza, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing Service and very professional…

Amazing Service and very professional firm.
Andreea Daescu was my account manager and she was super helpful in setting up the company as well helping me to open the bank account.
Highly recommended

17 December 2020
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Dear Imad thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor service and hidden costs

Poor customer service, continuous hidden costs and attempts to “shake you down” for further payments under any pretext possible.

16 December 2020
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Dear Sir, we are sorry to hear your feedback. We can help rectify the situation and assist you in finding an optimum solution for you. Kindly provide us with your client identification number. Thank you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Quick & Easy to deal with SFM Offhore

SFM team was proactive and always available when needed with appropriate informations provided to proceed with my several requests/questions.
Special thanks to Nelvina.

11 November 2020
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Dear Sanel, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away from SFM

This company has been scamming me in all ways possible. They are out to get your money.

Upon registration and after having paid for a Swiss bank account, they informed me that this option was no longer available and offered me different new options for the money they charged. Through the year, the nominees dropped out simply for me asking a question on email. Support was promt on emails but never actually offering any solution to matters needed. When in the end they made me leave their services, they wanted to charge me extra 420 euros for nominee name change service and another 750 euros for exit fees. All in all, stay away from them.

28 October 2020
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Reply from adria sfm

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your feedback.
We would like herewith to draw your attention to the fact indeed you have paid for a Swiss Bank account. However, the bank in question has refused your profile in we obviously can not force them to onboard you.
Furthermore, we have offered you alternative banking options which you have refused and as gesture from our side, a partial refund has been applied regarding this despite the work we have performed.
As far as the charge of Euro 420 for nominee change and Euro 750 for exit fees, those are related to the fact that the nominees have expressed their desire to resign from your company given your gambling activities.
Being unable to find other nominees, those functions have to fall back on you for the good standing of your company. This procedure cost Euro 420. As far as the exit, you have decided to look for another agent, the transfer from us to another agent also has some cost which you have been informed about. Sir, we are doing our best to help you maintain the Good Standing of your company and your reputation within the jurisdiction it is registered into. We would love to keep you as a client, unfortunately your activities do not allow us to do so in the current structure.

SFM Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am happy with the service.

20 October 2020
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Dear Harri Kouvonen, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very satisfied with the company setup…

Very satisfied with the company setup process. Mary was very helpful and always answering each and every questions. Good experience.

30 September 2020
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Dear Deenasty, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Trustworthy and very helpful service

Many thanks to Mary, she was very helpful through the entire process, and very understanding.

15 September 2020
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Dear GL, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Rak business experience

I found the experience of using SFM and in particular
having Mary Morgand as my link a particularly reassuring and professional exercise. In dealing with Mary I found her easy to deal with professional in her
approach and when the process became difficult by reason of Covid she was always there to support and
advise in a constructive way. My thanks to Mary for her guidance and support

2 September 2020
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Dear Graeme, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Overall the experience was great

Overall the experience was great. I had the pleasure of being served by Mr. Abraham from the Dubai office.
I just have a note for The SFM team. Next time please Shows full steps that it takes to open the company, especially clarifying that there is an audit phase that precedes the opening of the company. Other than that the company is well known and trusted in services opening companies.

25 August 2020
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Dear Hichem, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great experience I recommend SFM for…

Great experience I recommend SFM for offshore services.

27 July 2020
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Dear Sir, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

An experience to avoid

An experience to avoid,

None of the commercial promises are reached,

the process is too slow, and we just keep waiting unless we make phone calls to push to get results, but results are nevertheless not coming,

Average response time is about 3/4 days, then follows a 3 days week end...

What is supposed to be done in few days takes more than 10 weeks ... and still not completed at the date i write the comments, as far as I can see, the full process may take in total 12 weeks, which is purely catastrophic

A terrible experience to avoid...

21 July 2020
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Reply from adria sfm

Thank you for your feedback. We are really sorry that you feel that way regarding your experience with SFM. Our policy is to reply to our clients within 24-working-hour, taking into consideration the working schedule of your dedicated relationship manager who works from Mondays to Thursdays. We can of course change of relationship manager if you think it is necessary. Going back to the duration of the process, your company has been incorporated mid-June, and the bank application is still in progress. For the bank that you chose, it usually takes around 10 working days to the bank to finalize the review once all documents in original (bank forms, certified KYC documents and corporate documents) have been presented/provided to the bank. However, it is possible that the bank will come back with additional queries during the review which is beyond SFM’s control and could extend the duration of the process. For the dispatch of the original set of corporate documents, we usually send it after the bank account is opened as the bank need them, but as you are in a hurry to receive the originals, we will arrange the dispatch next week as the original documents needed to be presented in original to the bank in Switzerland this week. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information about your case. We will be glad to assist you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Company opening process is reasonably…

Company opening process is reasonably efficient with costs and timescale accurate. Bank account was setup, but account closed without correspondence some weeks later.
Management thereafter is haphazard, and winding up process torturous, unreasonably expensive and seemingly without right or response to question invoices. Once SFM have your setup money, expect to be on your own, grappling with foreign tax departments and unexpected demands.

21 July 2020
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Reply from adria sfm

Dear Sir, we are sorry to hear your feedback. We can help rectify the situation and assist you in finding an optimum solution for you. Kindly provide us with your client identification number. Thank you.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

High quality service level

High quality service level; documents and information in time as promised.

Full support during all the process.

I will recommend to work with SFM corporate services.

16 July 2020
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Reply from adria sfm

Dear Sir, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My experience with a SFM company

An excellent company to provide services quickly and with very suitable Costs and very efficient staff.

I really love it.

16 July 2020
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Dear Sir, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Like a lot of others: bad experience

Like a lot of others we experienced a very poor or non existent communication with SFM Offshore. They never managed to get us the bank account for the company and now as we cancelled the renewal they would like to have a bunch of money to cancel to company.
They did not fullfill what they told us upfront.

3 July 2020
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Dear Sir, we are sorry to hear your feedback. We can help rectify the situation and assist you in finding an optimum solution for you. Kindly provide us with your client identification number. Thank you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service

Totally satisfied with the level of services i have received. So helpful throughout the whole process and a lightening speed follow-up from the moment I applied for SFM service.

29 June 2020
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Reply from adria sfm

Dear Sir, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've opted for the company + bank…

I've opted for the company + bank account service that they offer last week. They've asked for some documents to be supplied, which I am now working on gathering. So far so good. They have been very patient with me - will update once I receive them.

29 June 2020
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Reply from adria sfm

Dear Sir, thank you very much for your kind review. It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to servicing you in the future.

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