Some Swiss regional banks have stopped paying for an audit of dormant accounts from the Holocaust era that are held in some of the banks, according to a Swiss newspaper. The head of the commission conducting the audit, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, has reportedly appointed an ombudsman to look into the issue.
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