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by arjawn 1909 days ago
Hey Jake!

First off, we provide folks with everything they need to apply for a business bank account in the first place: LLC, EIN. We also offer a US address + US phone number if that is something people want us to help them with too!

From there our philosophy is we do not force customers to use any particular banking option. With the above, you technically can open a bank account at any bank.

However, only certain banks allow non-US residents without a US SSN to 1) apply and 2) apply without visiting the US. Mercury is one example of this (well the only example I know of as of now :) ).

We are more than happy to provide links and requirements of other banks which we do for customers but when people (especially non-US residents) find out they have to fly to the US to open an account then that bank isn't really an option.

If you're curious to see an overview of how to apply for a US Business Bank account, check out this thread: https://twitter.com/arjmahadevan/status/1349771706865504260

We also wrote this blog post which goes through several banking options and highlights whether or not you can apply with a US SSN, remotely etc here: https://www.startpack.io/blog/how-to-open-a-us-business-bank...