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Editor's Insight: What whistleblower reveals about secret Swiss bank accounts

The days of numbered bank accounts are over.

Tue, 10 Feb 2015

Swiss banking secrecy was born out of good intentions back in the 1930s when rich Jewish families in Germany needed somewhere to protect their assets against seizure by the Nazis.

The numbered bank account has since featured in any decent thriller involving international finance. It was also a

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