There's a lot of cachet to the Swiss bank account. For generations, banking in cities like Zurich and Geneva has come with an air of mystery. This is a nation that fiercely safeguards financial ...

(Dow Jones) It may seem like a big win for U.S. taxpayers, but a new Swiss court ruling in the UBS AG tax evasion case is not likely to help those who hid money from the Internal Revenue Service in ...

WASHINGTON — Banking giant UBS has agreed to pay $780 million and turn over once-secret Swiss banking records to settle allegations it conspired to defraud the U.S. government of taxes owed by ...

The U.S. government has chipped new holes in the secrecy of Swiss bank accounts, obtaining the names of American clients of the banking giant UBS as part of an investigation into the use of foreign ...

A Swiss lawyer conspired to stash a Virginia doctor’s cash in Swiss bank accounts to avoid paying taxes in the United States, prosecutors allege. Felix Mathis, a Zurich-based lawyer at Froriep Renggli ...

A growing number of wealthy Americans are opening bank accounts in Switzerland as part of the “de-Americanization” of their portfolios, according to investors and banks. Swiss banks say they have seen ...

The spotlight is shining on Swiss banks and offshore investment accounts. The strategy of wealthy Americans moving assets overseas in search of safety and stability in uncertain times is back in vogue ...

Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities ...

THE UNITED States and Switzerland are in negotiations http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071200892.html to settle their dispute ...

Offshore accounts include those of financial institutions, American celebrities. Jan. 17, 2011 — -- Former Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer handed over two computer discs detailing thousands of offshore ...

A few months ago, Geneva journalist Christophe Ungar got quite a shock: without any prior notice, his local bank closed out his mutual funds account, resulting in considerable losses due to the early ...