Now that is what you call muscle. The US applies some pressure on Swiss banks over their tax advice, and suddenly Switzerland’s sacred banking secrecy laws are tearing at the edges. The Swiss authorities have agreed to let their banks share some data with the US for a limited time. The intention is that the banks seek settlements and avoid the fate of Wegelin, a Swiss bank that went out of business in January after an indictment in the US.
這才叫威力。因爲一些瑞士銀行所提供的稅收諮詢服務，美國向該國銀行業施壓。突然之間，瑞士神聖不可侵犯的銀行保密法規開始崩裂。瑞士當局已同意讓本國銀行向美國提供一定時期內的部分數據。瑞士之所以這麼做，是因爲該國銀行希望與美國當局和解，避免重蹈威葛林銀行(Wegelin)的覆轍。這家瑞士銀行在被美國提起訴訟後，於今年1月倒閉。
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