Knowing your customer

[R. A. Hettinga]

At 10:20 AM -0500 on 12/7/00, Trei, Peter wrote:


> Are you saying that a visiting foreigner can't open a bank account in the
> US?
> I'd be quite suprised if this is the case.

I would be surprised if you didn't need at least a tax ID number, myself.

I'm not sure, because I don't have one, but I think that people with Green
Cards have to have Social Security Numbers, right?

Cheers,
RAH
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