Die Fünfte Schweiz wächst weiter

I've been living abroad for more than half of my life and was appalled by the treatment I was submitted to by the Banks of our country. It seems impossible for me to open and maintain an account with a Bank in Switzerland and get a convenient deal for my deposits. To my astonishment they asked me to pay for this service... I called several Banks, also the Bank of my Canton, they all have prohibitive rates for savings accounts belonging to citizens living abroad. I don't have dual Nationality, nor would I ever apply for citizenship in my host country. Not because I'm so proud to be Swiss, it just isn't interesting for me to do so. I think it is scandalous to be betrayed and penalized at the behest of a foreign state, and we all know what I'm talking about here, by my own government just because I chose to live abroad.