Switzerland’s two leading banks plan to let researchers examine more than 2 million dormant bank accounts so they can verify the claims of Holocaust survivors. The step by Credit Suisse Group and UBS could pave the way for a U.S. judge to approve a $1.25 billion bank settlement of the claims that the banks agreed to in August 1998.
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