[pct-l] Using your address for New Zealand hikers opening US bank accounts

[Rick Ostheimer]

Not a good idea.  I worked for a bank before I retired 18 mos ago and 
can tell you that new regulations applying to all US banks require banks 
to "know their customer".   Nothing new about this, banks have been 
doing it for at least 100 years to avoid fraud, but now the govt and 
regulators are in the act with anti-terrorism fears, and now all banks 
have policies and procedures in place that would prevent this.  Probably 
best is the idea of using HSBC---a bank with branches in US and 
Australia and New Zealand.

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