numbered account
Secretive banking arrangement
A numbered account is a bank account identified by a number rather than the account holder's name, offering enhanced privacy.
Associated with Swiss banking and offshore finance, numbered accounts appear frequently in stories about hidden wealth, tax evasion, or illicit funds: The money was wired to a numbered account in Zurich.
The identity is known to the bank but concealed from casual inquiry.
- SwissOf a neutral alpine nation
- Swiss bankDiscreet Alpine financial institution
- offshoreAway from land
- secretConcealed information
- anonymousOf unknown origin
banking · private banker · Zurich · deposit · private · hidden · black money · money laundering · confidential · laundering · vault · coded · discreet · haven · funds · transfer · shell · shell company
- Swiss inventionsmilk chocolate, fondue set, muesli, emmental, gruyere
- accountschecking, savings, 401k, IRA, Roth IRA
- hidden moneyhidden assets, hidden wealth, hidden income, secret stash, cash stash
- SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne
- anonymityanonymity, alias, pseudonym, incognito, hidden identity
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