March 18, 2010 - Swiss upper house approves five bank data deals
The Swiss parliament's upper house on Wednesday approved deals with the United States and four other countries to share data on potential tax dodgers...
March 16, 2010 - UPDATE 1-IRS:new UBS-style foreign bank prosecution "shortly"
Lawyers said U.S. authorities were likely negotiating with the French through a treaty request to get the names of any U.S. HSBC clients involved...
March 15, 2010 - UBS: Offshore probes in Britain, Canada, Australia
UBS AG of Switzerland said Monday that authorities in Britain, Canada and Australia are investigating the bank's offshore business in the wake of revelations th
March 15, 2010 - Taxman gets secret bank files of the rich
Last week a tax official said: “If British taxpayers have been hiding money in HSBC to evade UK tax, it’s safe to say HMRC would expect the bank to come forward
March 13, 2010 - UBS says IRS has 20 Swiss banks in its sights
"The IRS has obtained information on about 20 Swiss banks" as part of a recent amnesty program, UBS said.
March 13, 2010 - UBS urges parliament to back U.S. tax deal: report
"The (U.S.) Internal Revenue Service obtained information on around 20 banks from the voluntary disclosure program," UBS said in the letter. "It is very possibl
March 13, 2010 - UBS Pushes Swiss Officials for an End to Tax Dispute
The Swiss banking giant UBS has stepped up its lobbying to pass a treaty with the United States that would resolve a dispute over tax-evading clients, amid sign
March 11, 2010 - Data theft hits 24,000 HSBC clients
HSBC has revealed that a former employee stole the personal details of about 24,000 clients of its private bank in Switzerland in a major security breach three
March 11, 2010 - HSBC Says Swiss Data Theft Affects 24,000 Accounts
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - HSBC , Europe's biggest bank, said a theft of data by a former employee affected up to 24,000 Swiss client accounts, dealing a hefty b
March 11, 2010 - Swiss Data Theft Hits 15,000 HSBC Clients
ZURICH—HSBC Holding PLC's Swiss private bank on Thursday issued a public apology to its clients for the theft of 15,000 sets of client data...
March 10, 2010 - Swiss banks still have right combination
"Everyone is very scared. There is no strategy. And there is no leadership," says one prominent private banker.
March 10, 2010 - Swiss party against approval of UBS deal with U.S.
Switzerland's right-wing SVP party said on Tuesday it opposes retroactive parliamentary approval of a deal between UBS (UBSN.VX) and the United States on disclo
March 8, 2010 - Former UBS chairman willing to give evidence-report
Former UBS (UBS.N)(UBSN.VX) chairman Marcel Ospel is willing to give evidence to a parliamentary committee into the Swiss government's bailout of the bank durin
March 7, 2010 - C.Suisse not aware of any data theft at bank-paper
The German government bought the CD, believed to be rich in detail about undeclared holdings, in its fight against tax evasion...
March 6, 2010 -
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