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European Court of Justice Official Proposes Bitcoin VAT Exemption
July 17th, 2015
Bitcoin operations should be exempt from Value Added Tax (VAT), the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice said in an opinion document published today. Citing existing exemptions for currency and money transactions in Europe’s VAT Directive, Attorney ...
Switzerland Rules Out FTA With EU
June 12th, 2015
The Swiss Federal Council has concluded that a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) would be a step backwards and cause uncertainty. The Council was responding to the postulate of Council of States member Karin Keller-Sutter. The ...
Swiss Bankers Respond To Privacy Initiative
May 25th, 2015
The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has published a new report on the “Yes to the protection of privacy” initiative, which criticizes plans to enshrine bank-client confidentiality in the federal constitution. The “Yes to the protection of privacy” initiative was ...
FINMA: Switzerland Completes Financial Services Regulator Review
January 5th, 2015
The Swiss Federal Council has concluded that there is no fundamental need for comprehensive reform of the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINAMA), but has identified what it says are isolated areas where there is room for improvement. FINMA is ...
Switzerland To Join Multilateral Convention On AEOI
November 20th, 2014
The Swiss Federal Council has approved plans for the nation to join the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information, describing it as a logical step, after it agreed in principle in May ...
Pfizer’s need for deal appears larger with earnings report
July 28th, 2014
Pfizer Inc’s vulnerability to cheaper generics and its weak roster of experimental medicines will be on display Tuesday when the company reports quarterly earnings, reviving interest in its pursuit of AstraZeneca Plc or other deals to fortify its pipeline. ...
Switzerland informs UK over Bank Deposit Movements
June 3rd, 2014
Swiss banks were required to hand over information about deposit movements to UK authorities by May 31, 2014, to support UK efforts to track down untaxed income. This was required under an agreement between the UK and Switzerland, which ...
USA ‘to fine BNP Paribas €7 billion’ in sanctions probe
May 30th, 2014
The US is seeking more than €7.4 billion ($10 billion) to resolve a criminal probe into allegations that the French bank evaded US sanctions against Iran, Sudan and Cuba, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. BNP – the largest ...
NY bank regulator Lawsky seeks documents from Credit Suisse: source
April 7th, 2014
Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s financial services superintendent, has sought documents from Credit Suisse to examine whether Switzerland’s second-biggest bank lied to New York authorities about engineering tax shelters, said a source familiar with the matter. Switzerland’s private banking model ...
