••• Seek Advises Puerto Rico - remote opening account •••

[ikan]

Hello all,
I read here few banks in PR are not so desirable !

Any ideas, tips & list of Bank in Puerto Rico for personal banking and remote opening.
Euros and $ currencies.
With no need of proof of residency or adress for the Bank.

Personal banking with no shady or grey stuff with PR bank in good standing working order.
for EU passport holder + avoiding CRS.

Any help, advice , shared experienced will be much appreciated from you guys.

 

[Martin Everson]

Not tried any of these but you can look at the following banks:

Ital Bank‌
StandardInt Bank
Strategic Bank
Elite International Bank
Euro Exchange International Bank
GK Bank
FV Bank‍

Good luck

 

[ikan]

Thank you Martin for your good and prompt input... much appreciated.

 

[Piano]

will those bank accept companies from Wyoming‍ ,Delaware ,etc …or only local companies for a business account ?

 

[Piano]

Yeah, nice collection of PR banks😀

 

[Martin Everson]

The due diligence docs for Elite for‍ example looks like they do take US companies. You however need to look into each⁠ of them as US companies is not my area at all.

https://www.eliteinternationalbank....forms/corporation-english/BCPF-English-v2.pdf

 

[Piano]

Ok, thanks !

I have⁠ been told that there are only 5 FDIC insured banks in Puerto Rico , is⁤ this true ?
how to find those ?

 

[Sols]

https://banks.data.fdic.gov/bankfind-suite/bankfind

 

[uplana]

If someone succeed to open a bank account in Puerto Rico remote then please post‌ here, I'm interested!

 

[ikan]

1 bank listed above is ok to open remotely personal account in Euro + $‌
I guess they open to pretty much world wide citizens (+ or -).

They ask‍ for :
"Valid tax registration, if you do not have a current tax registration, record⁠ a receipt for services in your name, if you do not have a receipt for⁤ services in your name, you must send it, along with an explanatory letter, signed by⁣ you, indicating the relationship between the parties."

I was never asked this before....

Do banks⁢ in PR comply CRS with Europe or other juridictions ?
What is the risk If︀ i communicate real TIN of home country ?
Or do they possibly ask for TIN︁ regarding USA compliance with IRS ?

Thank's for your kind reply and advise of experience.︂

 

[SoNewToAllShit]

nice list, really appreciate it.