Recent content by MountainMan3436

No bank outside Belize opens accounts in Belize dollars. Belize dollars are not freely convertible. That is why the liquidator cannot exchange them to US dollars and you will not be able to either. Best option is to receive via a lawyer or representative in Belize then use them for a vacation in...

I tried them for a UK company controlled by non-residents a while back and it worked ok. I believe they are based in France so I would avoid doing any “offshore” type transactions with them.

I can confirm this worked with TW US virtual account. Haven’t tried sepa.

Regularly accessing from different IP addresses

I would echo the Swiss options. CIM is a traditional bank you can go to visit, do cash transactions, open a safe deposit etc... but all opened online. If you use Transferwise and move country frequently they will freeze your account at some point. It’s not if, but when.

Mercury routinely deny any application where you do not demonstrate a connection to US such as suppliers or customers there.

You can also try Revolut USA. I tested and it works with Paypal.

Yes this example of the pension fund is of course correct, and many other pooled type accounts (like professional client accounts or trustee accounts) have different reporting regulations. But I thought we were talking about EMIs. EMIs cannot (legally) simply hold pooled funds without opening...

I don’t think whether the IBAN is pooled or shared makes any difference to the CRS reporting. Reporting requirements are based on whether an account exists. An account doesn’t necessarily have a direct IBAN. And conversely, just because an IBAN exists does not mean funds are not pooled.

Yes I agree, this is a forum for discussing solutions. It doesn’t add any value to the forum to say “I can help.”