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15 Jun 2010, 6:42 am
[JURIST] The Swiss Federal Assembly [official website] on Tuesday approved an agreement [text, PDF] with the US that will allow Swiss bank UBS [corporate website; JURIST news archive] to disclose account information of clients suspected by the US government of tax evasion, but also voted to send it to a referendum. [read post]
24 Nov 2012, 11:05 am by LindaMBeale
The Swiss leverage was clearly stated by Swiss banking official Mario Tuor, who "noted that without a deal, the status quo would remain: German officials can seek specific information from the Swiss government on people suspected of tax evasion, or go back to buying data stolen from Swiss banks. 'With an agreement, every German taxpayer in Switzerland would be taxed,' Mr. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 4:11 am by admin
However, claiming the disclosures are a violation of Swiss secrecy laws, Swiss employees are emulating their U.S. customers and fighting back, suing the Swiss government, Swiss government officials, and Swiss banks. [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 9:33 am
The Swiss banking giant, UBS, will put its investment banking business on a much tighter leash, top executives said Wednesday, as it tries to overhaul its corporate governance in the wake of losses suffered in the subprime mortgage collapse. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 3:00 am by LindaMBeale
It is questionable whether the UBS case and Swiss changes to information releases are sufficient to call it the "beginning of the end of Swiss bank secrecy. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 9:02 am by LindaMBeale
  In that context, even the Swiss Banking Association has expressed its chagrin at the National Council's action. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 7:30 am by Darrin Mish
Senator Rand Paul (R – Kentucky) opposes changes to the US-Swiss tax treaty that would effectively allow the US government more access to tax information connected to Swiss bank accounts of US citizens. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 10:00 am by Paul Caron
Bondi (SEC) has posted Don’t Tread on Me: Has the United States Government’s Quest for Customer Records from UBS Sounded the Death Knell for Swiss Bank Secrecy Laws? [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 10:00 am by Paul Caron
Bondi (SEC) has published Don’t Tread on Me: Has the United States Government’s Quest for Customer Records from UBS Sounded the Death Knell for Swiss Bank Secrecy Laws? [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 8:08 pm by Tony Tsang
The Swiss government reached out yesterday to the US delivering an encrypted list of data of bank employees who served American clients suspected of dodging taxes. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 7:44 am by Gabrielle Nagle
As an international banker at Swiss giant, UBS (the largest bank in the world at the time), he blew the whistle on their illegal secret banking practices— soliciting and managing illegal off-shore Swiss bank accounts for American tax cheats. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 10:34 am by Robin Mashal
On the one hand, the government has been prosecuting tax evaders, and pressuring Swiss banks to disclose information that would assist with such prosecutions. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 6:14 am by By DEALBOOK
A Swiss government panel Monday proposed rules that would require the nation's two big banks, UBS and Credit Suisse, to hold more capital in reserve than international competitors as a way to provide extra insurance against a catastrophic failure. [read post]
21 Aug 2009, 2:56 pm
The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service have released the details of an agreement with the Swiss government to deliver information about US account holders suspected of dodging taxes through secret accounts at the Swiss bank UBS. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 10:07 pm
" The Swiss government said on Friday that it planned to appoint up to five judges to deal with appeals arising from an agreement with the United States to hand over data on accounts at UBS that the authorities suspect were used by some American clients to evade taxes. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 8:56 am by Mary Jane Wilmoth
He was rewarded for disclosing illegal offshore Swiss banking that resulted in over $5 billion recovered for U.S. taxpayers. [read post]