Tuesday 14 October 2014

After years of pressure, Luxembourg drops bank secrecy rules

Reuters: Luxembourg agreed on Tuesday to end its bank secrecy rules from 2017, yielding to a decade of pressure from Germany and the United States and marking a breakthrough in global efforts to reduce tax evasion.

Full story: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/uk-eurozone-economy-banks-idUKKCN0I31SO20141014?rpc=401