Swiss bank
Secretive financial institution
A Swiss bank is a bank headquartered in Switzerland, traditionally associated with strict secrecy laws, political neutrality, and secure storage of wealth.
The term often implies discretion and protection from outside scrutiny: He probably has millions stashed in a Swiss bank.
Swiss banks became synonymous with hiding money—whether from tax authorities, creditors, or political instability.
- financeProvide money for
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- neutralityState of taking sides
- depositPlace for safekeeping
wealth · old money · confidentiality · numbered account · offshore accounts · tax haven · money laundering · Alpine · vault · secret vault · trust · discretion · clearing house · gold reserves · Zurich · exclusivity · asset · account
- global financefinancial hubs, capital flows, exchange rates, foreign exchange, forex
- SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne
- wealthriches, wealth, fortune, affluence, prosperity
- Wealth Managementtrusts, wills, estate tax, inheritance, tax planning
- international taxdouble taxation, tax treaty, withholding tax, tax haven, tax havens
- Swiss HistoryCongress of Vienna, cantons, Bern, Zurich, Basel
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