Two quick anecdotes from Japan: The bank that I used for 15 years sent me a postcard saying that, because they guessed by my name that I'm a foreigner, they were required to have me travel X00 miles to the branch where I opened my account to present my papers in person for KYC.
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"Explain 'May not have had discretion.'" Regulators have been known to say "In the interests of deterring money laundering and other abuse of our country's financial system, we require you to do enhanced due diligence on high risk accounts, including but not limited to..."
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In that regulator's defense, another of their requirements, which was not received with universal enthusiasm, is: "The Ministry requires regulated institutions to make [standard bank] accounts available to foreigners without undue hindrance."
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