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The Swiss banks have hired auditors, lawyers and dedicated part of their workforce to determine whether they should take part in the US Program...
Swiss prosecutor is investigating Renzo Gadola, a former UBS banker who received a light sentencing in the U.S. two years ago in return for...
Franz Wuerth, Raiffeisen Bank’s speaker, confirmed to the newspaper 20Minuten that the bank will miss the deadline for Category 2 Banks fixed on December...
At its quarterly reporting, Bank Leumi announced that it increased provisions for the US tax dispute by an additional 190m Shekel to 530m Shekel....
This article for La Liberte de Fribourg summarizes the US Program and holds a review/comment from Alain Bruno Levy, a law professor at the...
In this article written by Patrick Raaflaub, Director of the FINMA, and published by the NZZ, we learn that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority...
This article from Inside Paradeplatz raises the fact that the FINMA might be under US pressure and not fully neutral anymore. It raises this...
In this video interview, PWC tax expert Christoph Schaerer sees togh times ahead for Swiss banks. He is an adviser to several banks on...
In this article from L’Agefi touches on the possibility for small banks to not take part in the US Program that was announced on...
The Agefi conducted a number of interviews at small banks in Geneva and the feedback is that they fear the FINMA and its push...