Posted on 20 January 2011
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Opening an account in Swiss banks is accompanied with some rules, laws, and regulations. The basic rule is about the age of account opener, that if the account opener is a national of any other country, other than Switzerland, that account opener should be above 18 years old. The exemption and taxation on your amount is also done under certain rules.
Laws and Regulations of Swiss Banks
In Switzerland, nobody, even the Swiss government is allowed to reveal any information regarding accounts or account holders until an account holder is not a criminal.
But in USA even a private citizen has an easy access to it, i.e. in America any one; even a normal citizen can get information of any account holder. The Swiss banker’s requirement of client confidentiality is found in Article 47 of the Federal Law on Banks and Savings Banks, which came into effect on November 8, 1934. In the books of banking laws, this article act is defined as;
“Anyone acting in his/her capacity as member of a banking body, as a bank employee, agent, liquidator or auditor, as an observer of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC), or as a member of a body or an employee belonging to an accredited auditing institution, is not permitted to divulge information entrusted to him/her or of which he/she has been apprised because of his/her position.”
Exceptions of Swiss bank accounts
It is discussed in Swiss Bankers Association that no bank is allowed to provide the information and details of any account to any one.
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Posted on 15 May 2010
Tags: Advanta, advantages, American Express, annual fee, APR, audit, CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Card, consumer credit cards, credit card companies, credit card plan, Credit Cards Time, Discover Business Card, easier use, employee, enrollment, huge area, incentive, interest rate, Membership, Money, paperwork, rewards, rock-bottom, Small business, tax
There are many credit card companies that sell credit cards, meant for small business-owners. They offer different credit cards according to the nature of the businesses. So the question arises, which type of credit card is best for you?
Small business credit cards offers plus advantages apart from providing feasibility of personal and business expenses. Small business credit card tracks and controls expenses and maintains an audit trail for tax season. The better credit card plan helps you to consolidate spending records, it means that it decrease paperwork and operating costs.
Same like consumer credit cards, there are many small-businesses cards that offer valuable savings or rewards plans. Business credit card helps more with the credit card history as compared to the consumer credit card. The rewards that are usually offered on small business cards are airline miles or cash-back rebates.
Important Features
No doubt, that credit card companies have found a new huge market in small business. Figures show that only 10% small businesses maintains its expenses on small-business cards, and only total 35% of small businesses use such cards. Though the small business credit cards are growing rapidly, but still a huge part of small business area remains untouched. Read the full story
Posted on 11 May 2010
Tags: balance, bill, car, court, credit card, employee, house, interest, interest rate, loan, Money, Mortgage, pay, payment
This is a question that every credit card holder fears the most. Not knowing what will happen if they fail to pay the bills might be enough to haunt the credit card holders to make them panic.
But the truth is that there is not much that credit companies can do to make you pay. First of all, they will start to call and harass you for payments. Keep in mind that harassing is actually illegal, and by knowing well about your rights, you can set the line after which you can legally report about the company’s harassment.
There are certain credit card companies that have employees especially trained to threaten the client by telling them that they can take over their house, etc. So be prepared to face some harsh talks, it can become very stressful for some people. You might also start getting some demanding letters in the mail from them.
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Posted on 08 January 2010
Tags: approval, Auto, auto loans, bad credit, bad credit auto loan, credit, employee, Find, history, income, lender, loan, Money, options, problems, solution, student
Auto Loan Financing is the right solution for you if you are in need of purchasing a car. There are several options available to almost everyone whether he or she is having a good credit history or even then bad one; whether is an employee and earning well or just a student; I have already highlighted in my previous articles, the best opportunities one can have in either of the case.
In this article I am keeping my focus to the bad credit auto loans. Surely, a bad credit auto loan is the most flexible way of financing the purchase of a car for you in case you have a bad credit rating; but at the same time it can end up with putting more financial burden on you because of the high interest rate and other charges.
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Posted on 27 October 2009
Tags: 3-year cliff vesting schedule, 401, 403, employee, employer contributions, Employment compensation, Employment law, fully vested status, graded schedule, Inheritance, investment, Labor, Law_Crime, Property law, Retirement plans, statutory requirements, tie employer contributions to a vesting schedule, Vesting, vesting requirement, vesting schedule
A type of vesting schedule associated with retirement plans such as 401(k), 457, and 403(b) plans is referred to as Cliff vesting. The term vesting is used in order to define the percentage of an account balance that a participant in a retirement plan is entitled to.
Employers tie employer contributions to a vesting schedule
Mostly employers who sponsor a retirement plan use to tie employer contributions to a vesting schedule. The reason behind this is to entice participants to stay with the employer for a set number of years so that they may be fully vested, or entitled, to those employer contributions. In this way, the use of a vesting schedule may increase employee retention.
Percentage assigned by the vesting schedule
A percentage will be assigned by the vesting schedule based on years of service the employee completes. There are some vesting schedules that are based on a graded schedule where the employee receives, say, 20% vesting for each year. Such a schedule would merely mean that after five years of service the employee is 100%, or fully vested in the plan.
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Posted on 13 August 2009
Tags: call, Credit Report, Debt, debt collector:, employee, home, honest, interest, legal action, Negotiation, News, payment, phone, rebuild your credit
If you are under any kind of significant debt, you must have experienced, or heard from your friends about debt collectors. You may be relaxing in your home and suddenly the phone rings, and its no one you know, it is a stranger who is trying to harass you about the debt you owe. As if you already don’t know about it!
This problem could lead you to the point where you become frustrated and nostalgic every time the phone rings. No matter how much debt anyone owes, it is not fair to irritate one to this extent. And due to the recent credit crisis, there has been a major increase in the number of debt collectors.
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