{"id":114633,"date":"2026-08-12T17:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/114633\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:10:56","slug":"italys-deputy-prime-minister-calls-for-windfall-tax-on-banks-swiss-lawmakers-delay-vote-on-tougher-ubs-capital-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/114633\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s deputy prime minister calls for windfall tax on banks;\u00a0Swiss lawmakers delay vote on tougher UBS capital rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italy\u2019s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has proposed a three-year levy on the country\u2019s 10 largest banks as part of the government\u2019s 2027 budget, arguing that lenders should contribute more to public finances.<\/p>\n<p>Salvini called for a 5 per cent annual tax on large lenders if their collective annual earnings reach \u20ac30bn for the year. To justify the measure, he pointed to combined first-half profits of almost \u20ac12bn at Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit, Italy\u2019s two largest banks.<\/p>\n<p>Want to continue reading The Banker?Benefit from expert analysis, exclusive data and rankings, clear insight into innovation, regulation and strategy, and the context you need to stay ahead of critical developments in global finance.<a data-trackable=\"register-or-subscribe-barrier-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebanker.com\/Subscribe?cdt=register-or-subscribe-barrier\" class=\"sc-hYJVTC eEQjXB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View your subscription options<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has proposed a three-year levy on the country\u2019s 10 largest banks as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[129],"tags":[4246,223],"class_list":["post-114633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ubs","tag-need-to-know","tag-ubs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117083654479306165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}