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How to: Set up an Offshore Bank Account It may sound sexy to talk about an offshore account, but for the most part, banking offshore is about saving on tax dollars.   |
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David Fairlamb |
Switzerland: In The EU's Tentacles? There is a creeping, semi-hostile takeover of Switzerland by the European Union occuring. More and more, Brussels is the boss, even forcing its rules on Zurich's banks. |
Chemistry World
April 25, 2014
Anthony King |
Uncertainty dogs Swiss science in EU immigration row Swiss science is still in limbo after an immigration spat in February that saw Brussels freeze out the country from EU research and education programs. |
Registered Rep.
July 28, 2009
John Churchill |
IRS Tailing UBS Bankers and Advisors The IRS has upped the ante in its fight to gather thousands of names of alleged tax-dodging American UBS clients, by sending IRS agents to tail the firm's bankers and financial advisors as they visit clients. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2009
Kerry Capell |
Lower Your Taxes: Move to Switzerland Multinationals, hedge funds, and private equity firms - spooked by rising taxes - are flocking to the haven in the Alps. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2010
Ivan Martchev |
The Swiss Franc Is Almost as Good as Gold On the Old Continent, only Switzerland is a beneficiary of an unraveling euro. |
Chemistry World
July 29, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Switzerland R&D spending falls after Horizon 2020 cash freeze This check on Swiss research collaboration on EU-funded projects was in response to a vote that limited EU immigration from other member states. |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2014
Anthony King |
Swiss readmitted to Europe's huge science program Switzerland has been readmitted to part of the EU's huge science program, but this may be only temporary. |
U.S. Banker
May 2006
Conrad et al. |
Power, Progress and Public Responsibility A look at the people, organizations and events of historical significance whose individual and collective influence helped banking evolve to what it is today. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 11, 2010
Penny Crosman |
HSBC Apologizes for Former IT Staffer's Theft of Data on 15,000 Clients Former HSBC computer specialist allegedly tried to sell Swiss private banking account data in Lebanon. |
Chemistry World
February 20, 2014
Angeli Mehta |
Immigration battle set to freeze Swiss out of European research The EU has suspended negotiations with Switzerland on the Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ research and education programs after the Swiss government said it could not sign an agreement to open its borders to immigrants from the EU's newest member -- Croatia. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
How Strong Currencies Can Kill Stocks If the Swiss currency is doing well, does that mean that you should jump into the Swiss stock market for smart buys as well? The answer may surprise you. |
Registered Rep.
February 16, 2011
Charles Paikert |
Second IRS Amnesty Offer A Wake Up Call Wealth managers should pay close attention to -- and spread the word about -- the Internal Revenue Service's latest amnesty offer for Americans with undeclared income from offshore accounts. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003 |
A Turn To The Right In Switzerland The hard right's victory in Swiss elections on Oct. 19 is likely to spell the end of Switzerland's consensus politics and to complicate the country's relations with the European Union. |
Chemistry World
February 28, 2014
Patrick Walter |
Europe suspends Swiss research status in immigration row An immigration spat has led the European commission to suspend Switzerland's participation as a full member of the EU's research and education programs. |
Registered Rep.
November 12, 2008
John Churchill |
UBS Executive Indicted, Faces Up To Five-Years Jail Time The U.S. Government's investigation of cross-border business by UBS has resulted in an indictment of Raoul Weil, Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking. |
Registered Rep.
July 13, 2009 |
Swiss and U.S. Tension Rising Over UBS Tax Evasion Case The problem continues to be that Swiss banking laws -- which say tax fraud is illegal, but not tax evasion -- protect the names of the 52,000 American clients and giving them up would violate Swiss criminal law. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006 |
All About Online Banking You may not need your bricks-and-mortar branch as much as you thought. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
What the Heck Is Investment Banking, Anyway? A look at what investment bankers actually do and the firms that are involved in the business, along with their stock ratings. |
BusinessWeek
July 25, 2005
Stanley Reed |
The Master Of Zurich How Peter Wuffli turned around UBS- and brought the glory days back to Swiss banking. |
BusinessWeek
February 11, 2010
Elena Logutenkova |
No Time to Rest at UBS The Swiss bank is profitable again - but CEO Grubel still needs to stem the exodus of wealthy clients. |
BusinessWeek
June 2, 2011
David Voreacos |
The IRS Grills Taxpayers on Offshore Accounts IRS agents and prosecutors have interviewed more than 200 offshore-bank clients to learn who helped them avoid taxes. |
AskMen.com
Samuel Hui |
Top 10: Overlooked Tax Havens - Part II Everyone likes to minimize their taxes. With an aging population and many governments trying to make money grabs, it's no wonder that a surplus of people have started to move their money offshore. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Switzerland ETF: Exposure to Europe's Bright Spot Its currency is outside of the eurozone. Switzerland has been marching to a different beat than its European Union neighbors, with a solid government budget surplus and resurgent economy. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Wim Fonteyne |
EU: From Monetary to Financial Union The choice is not between a centralized and a decentralized framework, but about the degree of centralization that will give Europe the best tools to manage risks to its financial stability without impeding the integration process itself. |
BusinessWeek
November 24, 2003
Jack Ewing |
Switzerland: A Hard-Right Kick In The Pants With a toehold in government, expect Christoph Blocher to shake up Switzerland. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006 |
Banking Alternatives Investors, don't think you're stuck with Federated First Financial. You might do better elsewhere. |
U.S. Banker
November 2007
Lee Conrad |
In Pay Raises, Small Banks Outpace the Broader Industry According to America's Community Bankers' annual compensation survey, chief information officers/chief technology officers saw an 11.2 percent increase in their base salaries at community banks between 2006 and 2007. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 14, 2006 |
Small Businesses Big Biz for Banks Capturing small businesses as banking customers will be a top priority for many banks this year, according to a new report. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2011
Navjot Kaur |
UBS Joins the Long Cost-Cutting Line UBS cuts 3,500 jobs to stay profitable. |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005 |
A Talk with New York's Banking Watchdog New York Superintendent of Banking Diana Taylor says there's a happy medium for regulation at the state and national level. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Nsouli & Schaechter |
Challenges of the "E-Banking Revolution" Electronic banking is the wave of the future. It provides enormous benefits to consumers in terms of the ease and cost of transactions. But it also poses new challenges for country authorities in regulating and supervising the financial system and in macroeconomic policy. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2005 |
How to Bank Online Consider online banking to save time, trouble, and money. Here are some tips. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
John Rossant |
Where Are Europe's Superbanks? Unless cross-border mergers begin, the banks may be left in the global dust. |
Reason
January 2008
Jesse Walker |
Swiss, Please Switzerland and the European Union have torn down the dairy curtain that blocked free trade in cheese. |
Bank Technology News
March 2007
Glen Fest |
Business Banking: Small Banks Beefing Up Commercial Capabilities Four in five community institutions say they will increase tech spending on capabilities such as cash management and imaging to attract corporate banking customers. |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Thomas Mulier |
Clash of the Angry Swiss Watchmakers The Swiss watchmaking industry could be dramatically restructured if a proposed law tightens requirements for domestic content. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 21, 2008
Jim Eckenrode |
Exclusive TowerGroup Research Report: Bank Tech Spending in 2008 In light of the current market turmoil, North American banks appear to be approaching technology planning and budgeting for 2008 with caution. |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Rob Garver |
Nothing to Bank On Bank executives will undoubtedly spend much of the next year assessing the likelihood and impact of new rules, while at the same time trying to keep earnings growth on its upward trend. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 1, 2006
Phil Britt |
Study: Channel Preference Is Age-Dependent Though financial services customers as a whole prefer branch banking, there are clear differences in customers' channel preferences based on age, according to a recent American Bankers Association (Washington, D.C.) survey of 1,000 consumers. |
Bank Technology News
March 2006
Glen Fest |
Money Laundering: Correspondent Bankers: How Much Is Enough? New Treasury guidelines on how banks are to comply with customer and asset identity don't smooth nerves frayed by high-profile busts for lax AML controls. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: Switzerland Index Fund (EWL) Second-quarter employment level numbers may affect the Swiss economy. |
Registered Rep.
June 8, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Wachovia Accelerates Hiring in Private Bank Under plans to expand its private banking presence, Wachovia Securities said it would hire about 300 private bankers over the next three years, more than doubling its number of private banking relationship managers. |
Bank Technology News
May 2007
Larry Ponemon |
Consumer Privacy: Top Banks Must Guard Against Breach of Faith The good news for banks, according to a study, is that most customers trust them with their personal data. The bad news is that one misstep will cost them dearly. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 19, 2007
Paul McDougall |
Big Surge for Bank Offshore Outsourcing, Deloitte Study Predicts Banks in the U.S. and other countries will dramatically increase the percentage of their IT budgets devoted to procuring technology services from offshore providers operating from low-wage countries, such as India and China, over the next three years. |
Bank Systems & Technology
September 17, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Age Matters When it Comes to Channel Preference Though generational differences greatly influence consumers' banking behavior and young consumers have a clear preference for online banking, traditional channels still are important for servicing all generations, two recent surveys suggest. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 31, 2006
Peggy Bresnick-Kendler |
Demographic Trends How are retail banking customer demographics changing? What is the significance of these trends? |
U.S. Banker
March 2011
Christopher Windham |
China Matters Although a major player in the global economy, China is a burgeoning market that has, until recently, proven difficult for US and European banks to exert influence in. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 30, 2005
Jim Eckenrode |
Solid Returns Entering 2004, the banking industry generally was experiencing solid growth in a number of areas, particularly in the consumer lines of business. |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
Ian Rowley |
A Battle For Japan's Boomers Private bankers find graying Japan wants better investment advice - and returns. |
