Analysis, opinion and field notes on enterprise AI deployment, digital transformation and doing business in Malta. Written by the operator, not a content team.
35% corporate tax that becomes 5%. Personal income that isn't taxed if you don't bring it home. No wealth tax, no inheritance tax, no estate tax. Here is how Malta's system actually works.
BOV, HSBC, BNF, EMIs, Wise, Airwallex — the options are real. The waiting times, rejection rates, and workarounds are what nobody tells you before you start.
The pitch is simple: 5% effective corporate tax. The reality involves imputation systems, refund timing, substance requirements, and a compliance stack that nobody mentions in the brochure.
Malta's Call 2 grant is real money. The consultants who appeared six months ago won't tell you why most applications fail before page three.
Over 100 court hearings. On the electoral register. I could have been one of those nine jurors. Here is what Malta's jury system actually says.
Lovin Malta acquired Love Malta this week, backed by Chiliz founder Alexandre Dreyfus's €10M fund. Malta's media landscape just changed. And the island's other media outlets said nothing.
LinkedIn spent a week celebrating Nik Storonsky's $500 billion pay deal. Nobody explained how his stake goes from 29% to 40%, what dilution means, or why a bank trading at 67x earnings needs a number
Kalshi means "everything" in Arabic. Wikipedia lists it under sports betting. New York wants $36 billion. Malta calls it an innovation. Only one of these things can be right.