A bank defaulting in Switzerland – could it happen again?
On October 18, 1991, the bank Spar + Leihkasse Thun lost their banking licence. The highest price was paid by small investors who often lost large chunks of their assets. A news archive looks back at what happened. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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