Tax dispute with US Uncertainty weighs on Swiss bank staff

by Armando Mombelli, swissinfo.ch August 23, 2013 – 11:00 Thousands of Swiss bank workers have seen their data handed over to justice authorities in the United States and are now living with a considerable amount of uncertainty. Only a few, however, have taken action for fear of losing their jobs. “The situation is definitely not what has sometimes been written in the papers – that employees of Swiss banks can no longer travel to the US,” said Balz Stückelberger, head of the Swiss Bank Employers’ Association. “There aren’t any signs that the US wants to arrest all Swiss bankers. They certainly don’t…