November 29, 2011 - Swiss president: single agreement with US should cover past, future
Switzerland is looking for an agreement with the US that will draw a line on the past, where banks and US tax fraud or evasion is concerned, Swiss President Mic
November 29, 2011 - Swiss Banks May Lose $51 Billion of German, U.K. Assets
Swiss wealth managers may lose about 47 billion Swiss francs ($51.1 billion) in assets as clients make withdrawals before tax agreements with Germany and the U.
November 29, 2011 - Tax law pushes US expats to give up passport
Growing numbers of American expatriates are renouncing their US citizenship over a controversial new tax law and ever more burdensome fiscal and reporting oblig
November 28, 2011 - No verdict in case of Swiss ex-banker linked to WikiLeaks
A Swiss court on Thursday said it lacked clear evidence to rule on an appeal by a former Swiss banker turned WikiLeaks whistleblower against his conviction for
November 28, 2011 - Swiss Not Aware of U.S. Accusation Details, Pictet Tells AZ
Swiss banks need to know what the U.S. is accusing them of to be able to negotiate a solution, Nicolas Pictet, president of the Swiss private banking associatio
November 28, 2011 - FATCA: A Time Bomb for the Economy
Buried in an ostensible jobs bill signed by President Obama last year is a little-noticed job-destroying government regulation that threatens to trigger a massi
November 27, 2011 -Credit Suisse’s US offshore accounts to be moved onshore (update)
US-based private clients of Swiss bank Credit Suisse will no longer be able to do offshore banking with the company, in a move that may signal one of the first
November 23, 2011 - Julius Baer Considers Stake in Bank Sarasin
Swiss banks are seeking ways to gain assets after a crackdown on tax evasion in the U.S. and Europe.
November 22, 2011 - Is Switzerland Losing Its Status As an International Tax Haven?
Swiss bankers say they believe the U.S. and the EU (of which Switzerland is not a member) are deliberately attacking them in order to boost their own domestic b
November 21, 2011 - Zurich banker to continue helping IRS: 5 year suspended deal
Swiss and US authorities are discussing what Swiss Tax Office spokesperson Tuor calls “a global solution for all banks“.
November 21, 2011 - Credit Suisse Bankers Want U.S. Charges Dropped
Lawyers for six of the bankers and a Swiss trust company owner charged with helping them wrote to Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole Nov. 8 to say they wan
November 21, 2011 - Credit Suisse Bankers Said to Seek Dismissal of U.S. Indictment
Credit Suisse Group AG bankers accused of helping Americans cheat on taxes plan to ask the Justice Department to dismiss their indictment amid talks to resolve
November 21, 2011 - Swiss regulator sees need for more bank measures
But he noted that Swiss law doesn't forbid a Swiss bank to operate a bank account for a U.S. tax dodger. "It isn't intelligent, certainly not. It was neither in
November 21, 2011 - Tax evasion law "could cost big banks $100 million"
FATCA has drawn wide criticism from abroad, with banks and business people saying the new law turns them into agents of the IRS.
November 20, 2011 - Julius Baer head sees U.S-Swiss tax deal in three-six months
Switzerland could see a deal within the next three to six months to end a long-simmering dispute over how it will hand over data to the United States on wealthy