If you’re looking for a way to protect your assets than look into opening a Swiss bank account. You won’t find a more secure account than a Swiss bank account. If you need to protect your assets from snoopy investigators, or if you want to keep your financial status a secret a Swiss account can be the ideal place. The Swiss have some of the tightest regulations and privacy policies in the entire world as far as who can gain access to your account.
So… who exactly would be interested in a Swiss bank account?
A Swiss bank account is most useful for people looking to keep their financial status a secret, and protect their assets from “attack.”
Under American law, law enforcement agencies, the judicial system, and private citizens can gain access to all kinds of financial information under. However, under Swiss law, except for extraordinary circumstances neither the bank’s officers or the bank’s employees are allowed to reveal any information, relative to any account to anyone, including the Swiss government.
No private citizen, or their legal representative can ever receive any type of information about any one’s Swiss bank account under any set of conditions. That includes all types of legal proceedings that the Swiss classify as “non-criminal behavior.”
The Swiss consider tax evasion and many other “crimes” under US law as “political offences.” Things like divorce, inheritance disputes and bankruptcy cases are examples of “private matters,” and as such the secrecy of the account is protected from any legal action to verify the presence of, or attempts to seize any assets.
Below is a list of the 5 biggest Swiss banks. All are familiar with foreign accounts:
- The Swiss Credit Bank in Zurich
- The Union Bank of Switzerland
- The Bank Leu (AG) in Zurich
- The Swiss Bank Corporation in Basel
- The Swiss Volksbank in Berne
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