October 1, 2010 - Suspected Bank Data Thief Found Dead In Swiss Prison Cell
A man who was suspected to have stolen confidential Swiss bank account data and sold them to German authorities has been found dead in a prison cell in Switzerland, Swiss authorities said Friday.
September 30, 2010 - Swiss Tax Treaty With Germany May Finish Bank Secrecy
Switzerland’s tax treaty with Germany may finish banking secrecy in Europe and prompt withdrawals as Swiss banks will no longer guarantee client confidentiality.
September 30, 2010 - French probe reveals 1,800 Swiss accounts held by Cana
For more than a year, investigators in the French Riviera city of Nice have been poring over a trove of banking records from the Geneva offices of HSBC.
September 30, 2010 - Credit Suisse prepared for Swiss topup to Basel III
Credit Suisse will be able to stick to its growth and dividend plans under new global and domestic bank regulation the group's chief executive said on Wednesday.
September 26, 2010 - Swiss Big Bank Rules to Go Further Than Basel III: Rep
Swiss regulators will ask big banks UBS and Credit Suisse to go one step further than their international competitors in the amounts of core capital they hold, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
September 12, 2010 - UBS, Credit Suisse may need more capital: report
Switzerland has led the global push for tighter banking regulation requiring big banks to hold more capital and meet stricter rules on liquidity after the country had to rescue UBS at the height of the financial crisis.
September 9, 2010 - Credit Suisse: predictions for 2011
Economists at Credit Suisse gave their predictions yesterday on what happens next for the Swiss economy.
September 4, 2010 - Germany expects Swiss tax deal by end October
Switzerland, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Germany expects to clinch by end-October a landmark tax deal with Berne aimed at resolving the problem of an estimated 200 billion euros ($268 billion) of untaxed German wealth
August 26, 2010 - How to Choose The Right Offshore Disclosure Attorney
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August 26, 2010 - US-Swiss treaty deadline 26 August: Bern says it is ready
German authorities told Bloomberg that they are studying new information on possible tax fraud supplied by an informant. Swiss-German tensions have been strained by the purchase of stolen Swiss bank data by a German state.
August 20, 2010 - Swiss banks face no US tax issues: Swiss envoy
Switzerland's banks should not run into further trouble with the U.S. taxman now that a damaging dispute with UBS AG (VTX:UBSN.VX - News; NYSE:UBS - News) has been cleared up, Switzerland's top tax diplomat, Michael Ambuehl, said on Friday.
August 16, 2010 - Offshore Banking: A Crack In The Swiss Vault
Bradley Birkenfeld Tells 60 Minutes He's The First Swiss Banker Ever To Speak About Secretive World of Swiss Banking
August 12, 2010 - Germany Weighs Questioning More Credit Suisse Clients
"Under consideration is questioning the 1,100 clients whose data was contained on the "tax compact disk," though these individuals would, as defendants, have a right not to testify," Duesseldorf prosecutor Nils Bussee said in a statement.
August 12, 2010 -UPDATE 1-Germans quiz Credit Suisse clients in tax probe
German authorities have asked around 1,500 German clients of Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) to provide evidence as part of a probe into whether Switzerland's second-largest bank helped them dodge taxes.
August 12, 2010 -Credit Suisse Clients in Germany Questioned by Prosecutor
About 1,500 letters with questionnaires were sent to Credit Suisse clients who had voluntarily declared their hidden accounts, Nils Bussee, a spokesman for the Dusseldorf prosecutors’ office said by phone today. The recipients are being treated as witnesses in the case and are obliged to respond, he said, adding the office already received some answers.