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Swiss Bank Accounts -Which are the best?

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Hey Chaps,
I want a Swiss bank account as I want complete privacy. However, there are so many to choose from and I'm no expert on these sort of things. I don't have alot of money to put into a premium account, but one day ha? ;)
Anyway, can I get an account that offers complete iron clad privacy or near enough without having to put thousands into it?
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  • tonybee1
    tonybee1 Posts: 75 Forumite
    Try this

    http://www.offshorecompany.co.uk/banking/swissinstitutions/index.htm

    There is no such thing as iron clad privacy anymore!
  • SliAbhaile
    SliAbhaile Posts: 119 Forumite
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    There is no privacy in Swiss banking anymore. They 'cooperate' fully with all the European authorities.
  • Mercadier
    Mercadier Posts: 11 Forumite
    There is no privacy in Swiss banking anymore. They 'cooperate' fully with all the European authorities.
    I don't believe that. What is your source?
  • rrf494g
    rrf494g Posts: 371 Forumite
    as a first post . . .

    This thread looks like fishing expidition. Not a lot of money, but needs a swiss bank account? The cost of visiting the bank alone makes this sound dodgy.

    good luck
  • MoneySaverLog
    MoneySaverLog Posts: 3,232 Forumite
    In order to open a Swiss Bank Account you need a suitcase full of used notes, small denominations probably from the proceeds of crime or money laundering.

    Is this the reason for all the secrecy? If not what else have you got to hide?
  • innovate
    innovate Posts: 16,217 Forumite
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    Mercadier wrote: »
    I don't believe that. What is your source?
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14649194
  • theGrinch
    theGrinch Posts: 3,133 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    osborne announced more information sharing with the swiss in the budget
    "enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb
  • ScarletBea
    ScarletBea Posts: 2,921 Forumite
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    Unless you have lots of money (over £100,000) the saving rates at swiss banks are very very low.
    I know because I've lived there and had a bank account there - I think it paid about 1%, when the UK was giving 5-6%...
    Being brave is going after your dreams head on
  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    If not what else have you got to hide?
    Income tax avoidance? ;)
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

    "No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio

    Hope is not a strategy :D...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!
  • Mercadier
    Mercadier Posts: 11 Forumite
    If not what else have you got to hide?
    I don't know. I don't have a lawyer and an accountant yet, I'll ask them what I should hide.
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