The heads of major Swiss banks began to worry that due to the sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation, their wealthy customers in China began to worry much more about the safety of their funds in the country. writes about it Finance Timesreferring to anonymous bankers.
“We are not only surprised but shocked that Switzerland has abandoned its neutral status,” said a member of the board of directors of one of the credit institution’s banks responsible for Asia.
He stated that he had statistics that hundreds of customers wanted to open their accounts, but now they did not do so due to fears.
The publication said they managed to contact representatives of six banks from the top 10 countries, all of whom spoke about the fears of customers from China opening an account in Switzerland. Bankers complained that this could slow the development of their business. One of the bank’s leaders pointed out that Switzerland very quickly imposes sanctions on customers from Russia.
According to this data According to a survey by Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, about half (49%) of Swiss residents favor the seizure of sanctioned Russian assets in favor of Ukraine, with 46% of respondents voting against this measure. 5% of the respondents said that they do not know the answer to the question.