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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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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Let me observe that the Japanese financial industry does have some institutions which in recent memory had official policy, and currently has some individuals who will confabulate a policy, to not serve foreigners. The regulator *really will* rake over coals if it finds that.
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