There was a point in my life where knowing various banks KYC requirements a lot better than their compliance department or regulators did was a material portion of my job duties. It's maddening the ratio of theatre to actual risk reduction.
Story time: So I once worked at Japanese tech incubator which routinely sent folks to the US. It's really useful to have a bank account, but you want it established before you arrive in the US, and most US banks will profess to not be willing to open that account.
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The work-around: brokerages (at that moment in time) were *quite* solicitous of international business, so we'd open up a brokerage account. Many brokerage accounts had checking accounts available if you asked nicely for them.
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"This is Dr. Tanaka's secretary. He'd like a checking account added to his existing brokerage account with the bank. Who handles that and what information do you need from me to make it happen?" worked 100% of the time.
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