Friday, 13 March 2009

Factbox Status of bank secrecy protection in Europe | Financial 24
Until recently banking laws permitted banks to issue numbered accounts, but new regulations require them to know who all account holders are. -- Liechtenstein, whose banks manage $165 billion of assets, agreed in December to share ... BELGIUM -- Belgium has opted to keep bank secrecy and to charge foreign account holders withholding tax under the 2005 EU Savings Directive. It recently signalled it is ready to move to exchange of information with tax authorities. ...
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