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Updated at 1.30pm - Added video, bank chairman statements
Pilatus Bank has denied that it has any form of banking relationship with the Prime Minister, his wife or any other members of his family.
In a statement, the bank said that no member of the Muscat family "is or was ever a client of our bank" or that it ever held, in the past or present, "any document belonging or pertaining to, for the benefit of, and/or signed by Dr Joseph Muscat and/or Mrs Michelle Muscat and/or members of his family".
No transfers were ever made to or from accounts held in Dr Muscat's name, that of his wife or any of his family members, it added.
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Pilatus Bank said it had no dealings with companies carrying the names Hearnville, Tillgate and Egrant, accounts in those names and transfers to or from accounts registered in their names.
The Ta' Xbiex-based bank made headlines yesterday after Daphne Caruana Galizia, writing on her personal blog, alleged that documents proving that the Prime Minister's wife was the owner of Panama company Egrant were stored at Pilatus' offices.
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