Can anybody open a Swiss bank account?
In principle, any private individual or a company or corporation can open an account at a bank in Switzerland. However, banks reserve the right not to enter into a banking relationship in some circumstances. For example, a bank might refuse to offer banking services to a so-called “politically exposed person” who the bank believes would pose too great a reputational risk if he or she were to become a client. A bank might also refuse to start a banking relationship if it has doubts about the origins of the potential client’s funds because Swiss banks are forbidden by law to accept money which they know or must assume stem from crime.
