And what better way is there than, together with you, to control banking secrecy.

The majority of countries in Europe do not have banking secrecy.

We also need to place increased pressure on foreign bank secrecy havens.

We welcome, in particular, the reference to the end of banking secrecy.

A tax haven or banking secrecy country is involved without any sound commercial reason.

International banking secrecy was even more hated in the developing world.

So it's certainly not good enough to get around the banking secrecy laws in the dozen countries involved.

Could have something to do with your signing that banking secrecy act into law the other week.

This is a reference to the famous Swiss bank secrecy.

Under foreign pressure, the country is now being forced to relax its banking secrecy.

Bank secrecy had been almost sacred here since it was instituted in the 1930's.

International organizations are taking new steps against money laundering and bank secrecy.

Legislation about banking secrecy also dates back to this period.

The third new element is the lifting of banking secrecy.

That is the real problem: a lack of openness, or banking secrecy.

Banking secrecy could therefore be maintained if the first option is used.

Mexico's bank secrecy laws prohibit such identification, the Government says.

"I much prefer them doing this than attacking our banking secrecy."

The bank won't give us a name because of the bank secrecy laws.

In other words, the problem is how to get Switzerland to lift its banking secrecy.

To lift bank secrecy, they found that requests must pass 12 appeal levels.

The plan does not scrap bank secrecy right away.

Under Federal bank secrecy laws, money transfers do not have to be reported unless they exceed $10,000.

Singapore had already strengthened its banking secrecy laws in 2001.

Bank secrecy therefore was, and remains a protection of the individual against the power of the state.