[jeanmichelx]

You need to submit a passport picture though. It's probably easier to fake a badly lit picture of a passport than an actual passport though...

[sjf]

I have opened many online bank accounts using only my social security number. I open bank accounts frequently for the sign up bonuses and haven't ever been asked to submit photo ID online.

[andyhmltn]

Not for all of them. All I had to do to get a Starling account was send them a video of me saying my company name

[robkop]

Lots of people post their passport photos when travelling on instagram, you could quite easily "borrow" one of them to send to the bank.