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Re: Swiss Bank offers on-line accounts.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Tue Sep 21 15:04:35 1999
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:40:14 -0400
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
Cc: "'cypherpunks@algebra.com'" <cypherpunks@algebra.com>
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Theres a long thread on slashdot with interesting comments in it.
Adam
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 10:01:25AM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
| http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg177.htm
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| Swiss bank accounts go online
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| Regulators worry Americans will secretly stash cash
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| By Matt Krantz, USA TODAY
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| In a move that's worrying some regulators, Geneva-based MFC
| Merchant Bank will open Swiss bank accounts over the
| Internet with initial deposits as low as $5,000.
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| [...]
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| MFC Merchant Bank, which will offer the Internet accounts
| starting Oct. 15, will never give the IRS "details on our
| clients unless our clients ask us to," says Vice President
| Peter Jessop.
|
| [...]
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