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by vinay427 2141 days ago
This is generally true in Switzerland as you stated (with those exceptions for more serious issues) for residents, as Swiss citizenship is irrelevant. Anyone resident in any of a host of countries with which Switzerland has signed agreements can have their bank details shared with the country of residence.

I suspect a fair amount of other countries have this discrepancy as well. Based on a brief online search it seems like the data on US checking/savings accounts of US residents are not shared with the IRS, for instance, unless a summons (which can be contested) is approved. I'm not sure what the difference is in practice.