Swiss Bankers Association DE|FR|IT|RSS|Contact News Media Draft Legislation Publications Self-regulation Swiss Financial Center About us Links Training KMU GIPS QI-Documentation Glossary Bank client confidentiality Bank client confidentiality Bank-client confidentiality protects privacy in accordance with the constitution and laws of Switzerland. Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution confers on every person "the right to receive respect for his/her private and family life". This includes privacy in relation to financial income and assets. However, this does not cover abuses, particularly of a criminal nature. ... Information for bank clients Legislative documents Art. 47 des Bundesgesetzes über die Banken und Sparkassen Art. 43 des Bundesgesetzes über die Börsen und den Effektenhandel Press Releases Reaction to the Federal Council's decision to take over the OECD standard (13.03.2009) Q&A / PDF (13.03.2009) The Bilateral II agreements: interests of Swiss financial centre remain guaranteed (2004) Swiss financial privacy does not protect terrorists (2001) Documents / Speeches / Studies Rechtsentwicklungen um das Bankkundengeheimnis - Standortbestimmung 2009 (Aktuelle Juristische Praxis/Pratique juridique actuelle, Heft 2/2010) Wie wertvoll ist das Bankgeheimnis für Schweizerinnen und Schweizer? (Carmen Tanner & Daniel Hausmann / 16.12.2009) Project Flat rate tax: Flat rate tax on assets held with banks on a cross-border basis (10.12.2009) Banking Secrecy and International Tax Issues - Switzerland‘s viewpoint, Federal Department of Finance (01.07.2009) Switzerland and its Financial Centre (2007) Robert U. Vogler: Swiss Banking Secrecy: Origins, Significance, Myth. Contributions to Financial history, Vol. 7. Zürich (Association for Financial history) (2006). Privacy - a Human Right at Risk (Georg F. Krayer / 19.09.2002) Bankgeheimnis und Ethik (Urs P. Roth und Stefan Hoffmann / 30.08.2002) Links www.finma.ch www.snb.ch www.admin.ch Dossiers Future strategy of the Swiss financial centre   Bank client confidentiality Regulation The fight against money laundering   Swiss-Europe   Information for bank clients   © SwissBanking 2010. All rights reserved. | Disclaimer