UBS ordered to disclose French bank account details

UBS Group, among Swiss banks struggling to pull away from a past of helping clients dodge taxes, has said it has received an order from Swiss tax authorities to provide information related to a French request for assistance on tax matters.

The order concerns UBS account numbers pertaining to current and former French domiciled clients and is based on data from 2006 and 2008, the Zurich-based bank said yesterday.

The request from France is based on information received from German authorities, who seized data as part of their own tax probe.