Examples

If you are a dentist and the funds you will deposit come from your practice, we will ask a copy of your dentist diploma and a copy of a recent bank statement for your dental practice. If you are computer consultant, we may ask either for a copy of your work contract or contracts with your clients if you work freelance.

To open a Swiss bank account, you need to explain the economic origin of your funds. This means explaining how the money which you intend to deposit on your account became yours.

This information is needed to comply with Swiss due diligence laws. Our purpose is to check that your money comes from a legal activity and not from trading drugs, extortion or other offences against the Swiss criminal code.

It will be kept strictly confidential even if the account is not opened.

Depending on what the origin is, we will ask you specific documents that are relevant to the origin of the funds.

When you apply for an account, if you indicate "business" or "Canada" as the source of the money, we won't be able to open you an account. Please note that economic origin is NOT geographic origin.