Turkey was up for consideration but failed to make the cut due to data protection concerns.(Keystone / Erdem Sahin)In return, Switzerland will receive information on banking details of accounts held by Swiss citizens/residents in these partner countries. The 18 countries are Albania, Azerbaijan, Brunei, Dominica, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Samoa, Saint Martin, Trinidad and Tobago and Vanuatu. Turkey was also up for consideration, but the Senate decided it was not yet ready for automatic exchange. The country’s recent incursion into Syria created doubts on its ability to guarantee data protection.
So far, Switzerland receives financial data from 75 countriesexternal link and shares data with 63. This is because they did not either meet data security and confidentiality requirements (Belize, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Montserrat, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Cyprus) or chose not to receive Swiss data (Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands).
Recently the Swiss authorities revealed that they had provided details of around 3.1 million bank accounts held by foreigners (or those with a fiscal residence abroad) to their countries of origin or residence. In return, it received information on banking details of around 2.4 million accounts held by Swiss citizens/residents in 75 partner countries.
Financial transparency Switzerland in the age of automatic exchange of banking information
A year ago, Switzerland began to pass on data on the bank accounts held by foreigners in Swiss banks to around 30 countries.
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