Can Banks Still Keep a Secret?

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'An authoritative and timely volume by leading international scholars on this pressing problem of our time. Containing not only an examination of bank secrecy in the major financial centres of the world but also an incisive discussion of the overarching issues that face policymakers seeking to strike the right balance between bank secrecy and public policy responses to the tax evasion and money laundering it facilitates.' Eva Lomnicka, King's College London 'This is a timely comparative analysis of bank secrecy laws in major financial jurisdictions. The issues dealt with are exceptionally pertinent in the light of the global fight against tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing.' Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Supreme Court of Singapore 'Sandra Booysen and Dora Neo have done a great service in bringing together an excellent collection on an issue central to banking and financial law. The book places the topic in its wider context of data protection and privacy protection. That is coupled with an examination of the international pressures on banks and jurisdictions to curb bank secrecy for reasons of public policy, notably to curb tax avoidance. With its up to date accounts of the laws in the leading financial centres the book will be an essential resource.' Honourable Justice Ross Cranston, Queen's Bench Division, High Court of Justice of England and Wales