> From a swiss point of view it was/is pretty much: The US is pressuring us too much, we'll have to give up banking secrecy, but only for foreigners. Exactly,

> From a swiss point of view it was/is pretty much: The US is pressuring us too much, we'll have to give up banking secrecy, but only for foreigners. Exactly, this is also what neighboring Austria did a few years ago. It is nice that Switzerland takes the attention for "banking secrecy" because other countries that have it in law get to fly under the radar. As always, people that have better reading comprehension skills get their advantage.