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HSBC hit by fresh details of tax evasion claims

CEO of UK bank’s Swiss unit says it has changed after radical overhaul in 2008

HSBC hit by fresh details of tax evasion claims

UK banking giant HSBC got a fresh blast of embarrassing publicity over the weekend, as a mountain of new details on its Swiss bank’s historical services for unsavoury characters and tax evaders were dumped on the media.

The Swiss unit of HSBC has been the source of unwelcome attention for years, following a well-publicised data theft by a former employee and the opening of a criminal investigation by US authorities into its alleged aiding of tax evasion.

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