3 ms·
It's also tied to citizenship. As an US citizen, I'm not allowed to use bunq (or many other banks) even though I live in The Netherlands.
by akvadrako 8y ago
It's also tied to citizenship. As an US citizen, I'm not allowed to use bunq (or many other banks) even though I live in The Netherlands.
- wprapido 8y agoThe US is an exception
- slavoingilizov 8y agoNot citizenship, but tax law. The US is the only major country in the world which taxes its citizens when they live abroad, so EU fcompanies need to know if you're one, so they can report to the IRS and tax you properly, or handle their anti money-laundering responsibilities.
- amaccuish 8y agoYupp. It's more a case of firms not wanting the hassle, so they usually just deny service to US citizens. Apparently transferwise has a similar issue, I'm not aware as luckily I'm not a US citizen.
- trapexit 8y agoBunq was happy to open an account for me (US citizen). They asked for my US SSN and Dutch BSN at the time of account opening.
- akvadrako 8y agoMaybe it's changed recently - I'll look into it again.