numbered bank account

 

  • [7] However, to open this type of account in Switzerland, clients must pass a multi-stage clearance procedure and prove to the bank the lawful origins of their assets.

  • [1] During the 1910s, bankers from Switzerland created numbered bank accounts to add a layer of anonymity for European clients seeking to avoid paying World War I taxes.

  • In Switzerland, for example, bankers are outlawed from disclosing whether or not an account is numbered to any governmental agency unless proof of deliberate fraud is established,
    not merely the non-reporting of assets in order to avoid taxation.

  • [9] Despite the regulations, numbered bank accounts by their very nature are more private than normal bank accounts.

 

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