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Andreas Barfuss elected as new Banking Ombudsman
At its last meeting, the Board of Trustees of the "Swiss Banking Ombudsman Foundation" elected Andreas Barfuss to succeed Marco Franchetti, who is stepping down from office at the end of the year. [...]
Search for assets without contact and dormant assets also possible electronically since 1 February 2022
If you believe yourself to be entitled to assets deposited at a bank, but don’t know at which bank, one option is to conduct a search via the Swiss Banking [...]
Publications and Position Papers
- Document «Vernehmlassungsantwort zur Finanzdienstleistungsverordnung (FIDLEV)
und zur Finanzinstitutsverordnung (FINIV)» of 5 February 2019. (in German only)
DE - Release of «Herausgabe «alter» Bankdokumente», article published in “Schweizer Bank” December 2018 (in German only)
DE - “Herausgabe von Retrozessionen”, article published in “Schweizer Bank” September 2017 (in German only)
DE - Statement of 30 October 2014 by the Swiss Banking Ombudsman on the consultation draft for a Federal Financial Services Act (FinSA). (in German only)
DE - Consultation of the Swiss Banking Ombudsman on the FINMA Distribution Report 2010 of 28 April 2010 (in German only)
DE - FinSA: Statement of the Banking Ombudsman on the Hearing Report on the directions of possible regulation. (in German only)
DE - Arbitration between banks and clients: Could FINRA be a model?
Marco Franchetti / Philipp von Ins (in English only)
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