Talk:Private banking

message: OK now, maybe I have a different understanding of the concept of "private banking", but to me it has nothing to do with the nature of the bank, but rather the services rendered. I believe the reference to "private banks" here is rather inappropriate. PrinceGloria 10:24, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Private banks? 

message: The original complaint is only valid in-so-much that the term "Private Banking" has been redefined in recent times, but as it was only ever a generalisation to refer to smaller, mainly Swiss banks, this is not reason to dispute the validity of the article.
The main reason that the original "Private Banks" became popular was more to do with the secrecy with which funds were handled, potentially for tax avoidance purposes. Most of these original "Private Banks" are today listed. Bischoff zu St Alban, Ehinger & Cie., J. Merian-Forcart, Passavant & Cie., J. Riggenbach and von Speyr & Cie for example, all formed Basler Bankverein, the forerunner of SBC (Swiss Banking Corporation), which evetually grew through aquisition to become part of UBS AG. 
The terms "Private Banking" and "Private Bank" were not used by the original banks themselves and came to refer to the asset management services of high and ultra high net worth individuals generally, even though as early as 1907 UHNW individuals were investing with the publicly owned Central Bank. It is therefore difficult to accurately define exactly where the term found it's origins. I would recommend that the article reflect this.
Today, companies such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank and even UBS have seperate group entities called "Private Bank". 
80.227.104.218 10:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semantics 

message: This page is in contradiction to the page on [Wealth Management] which says that "However, WM clients are NOT Private Banking clients because they simply do not have the Net Worth or AuM to justify the level of banking services that Private Banks provide."  Here, it says that "A high-level form of private banking (for the especially affluent) is often referred to as wealth management."  Which is it supposed to be?  203.171.34.168 (talk) 03:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: Private banking and private banks are two separate issues.
Private banking is a form of asset management.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkAlexan (talk • contribs) 15:47, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  merging unwise 

message: I can't split these pages because rankings and market overview sections should be in both articles. All we can do is rename this page to wealth management because private banking is just a subset of it.--Wall Street CEO (talk) 12:25, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Private Banking/Wealth Management 

message: If there needs to be a separate page for each one, then possibly find alternate terms to describe the difference between "private banking" and "private banks". If there is no alternative, then somewhere on BOTH pages, please explain that it is not the same thing AND WHY. There should also be a vote on a proposed merger instead of just senseless arguing. Svrangerchrista (talk) 12:55, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing