Swiss accounts
Numbered offshore deposits
Swiss accounts are bank accounts held in Switzerland, historically valued for their strict secrecy laws that protected depositors' identities from foreign governments and tax authorities.
The phrase often implies hidden wealth or financial discretion: The politician was rumored to have millions stashed in Swiss accounts.
International pressure has eroded Swiss banking secrecy since the early 2000s, but the term retains connotations of concealed assets and tax avoidance.
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- private bankingBespoke services for millionaires
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- bank secrecyProtected account holder information
- numberedAssigned figures for order
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- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
- financial secrecybank secrecy, secrecy laws, financial privacy, private banking, confidentiality
- tax crimestax fraud, tax evasion, undeclared income, unreported income, hidden income
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