Hi guys, I need help where i can open bank account for my UK ltd company. I am receiving around $150k monthly. Until now i used EMIs but i got serious problems with them.
A UK company with foreign director and $150k monthly for a new banking relationship is high risk in banking terms. You will get problems everywhere you go. Even after you open an account you will get problems down the line...believe me. $1.8m a year in flow is high risk to a bank and that's even if you are selling soft fluffy bunnies to children or hotdogs to pensioners your profile will put them off.
Best bet is to use several EMI's and break up the volumes. I know this sounds like 'structuring' in financial terms but it will help you in long term to keep the account from being frozen.
it might be ok︁ if you can explain such turnover and UBO has good background
some banks will not︂ accept you if have turnover less then 100 k EUR per month
as for me,︃ I do not feel myself OK with EMIs, because of posts about issues within Leupay︄
and after Paysera has scammed me for 1 000 GBP
Since when did UK banks every listen to explanations....lol...that is not how the banks work. Also there is no such thing as good reputation from Macedonia...lol. Banks do not care whether your turnover is 50m or 50k in 2018. They︀ assess profitability and risk on the customer relationship and assign it is score. A 50k︁ account can be more profitable for a bank than a 50m account depending on client︂ activity.
For example:
If you came to my bank and said I want to deposit︃ 150k a month in incoming wires and send out maybe 100k a month to my︄ personal account. I would tell you to get lost. The profit on such a relationship︅ is just outgoing SEPA wire fees and perhaps a monthly charge and in total maybe︆ £30 x 12 = £360 a year revenue. However if you came to my bank︇ and said I am going to deposit just 50k a year. But I am going︈ to need trade finance services or some investment services to invest the money. Then I︉ am thinking 0.75% per quarter (£3000 a year revenue) in trade finance or 2-4% commission︊ (£1000-£2000 a year revenue) on investment funds. You see the difference in revenue from a︋ smaller account compared to a bigger one.
Yes be very careful of EMI's they are︌ often run clueless people or scammers.
lol...my point was just that there is a lot of misguided people who think because they have high turnover or lots of money to deposit that banks would be interested in them. They are not in 2018!!!! Oh and its not just the UK it is the Euro zone also.
Ignore UK banks for a minute its worse with Eurozone banks. What Eurozone banks won't discuss with you is that ECB deposit rates are negative i.e -0.40%. That means a Eurozone bank has to pay the ECB 0.40% of its Euro balance each year just to keep its euros :-( They can't pass this cost︀ on the customers without loosing them and have to absorb the cost. Hence if you︁ walk in with i.e 50m euros. The bank is paying the ECB 200k just to︂ keep your money. So if a client does not do anything profitable for the bank︃ they make a 2ook loss each year. Basically show the bank how they can make︄ money from you and you will see a different response ;-)
I suggest to look at banks in other EU countries like Slovakia, Hungary, Poland. If you have a well prepared business plan then German banks like Handelsbank and a couple of others are also possibilities. Both of these specialise in higher risk business and charge higher fees accordingly.
It was always easy to register UK Ltd, the main problem is banking. You should really look at some EMIs. Opening an account in a high street bank will be a headache.
When transferring via SWIFT to EMI's it is not clear who is the receiver account beneficiary and therefore the transfer might be rejected. Also several EMI's have gone bust due to mismanagement. less likely to happen with banks.
I have several EMI's I work with but as I like challenges I'll be looking for the bank account. Let you guys know if I have any luck.