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Can you legally open a bank account without a SSN? Legit asking. Same qq for medical.
by grogenaut 2y ago
Can you legally open a bank account without a SSN? Legit asking. Same qq for medical.
- x3n0ph3n3 2y agoI always exclude my SSN on medical forms and have never had a problem. Banks are another matter...
- Nifty3929 2y agoLots of people in the US don't have SSN's, but are still entitled to medical services. The same is not true for banking.
- Nifty3929 2y agoPretty much no. Banks in the US are subject to Know Your Customer (KYC) laws that require them to collect a lot of personal information about you to uniquely identify you as an individual and tie you to past behavior and other entities you interact with. SSN is functionally a shortcut to most of this. Everybody has a unique one, and all the entities track you by it, so they can put those pieces together when and if necessary.
- yencabulator 2y agoI know you could in mid-2000s. Couldn't get a credit card without a safety deposit (deposit $X, get a credit limit of $X), though.