[vellum]

Good luck with that if you're American. Thanks to the new IRS regs, a lot of foreign banks won't do business with Americans.

http://www.accountingtoday.com/debits_credits/Taxpayers-Stra...

[_delirium]

I don't think it's ever been feasible; most countries won't let you open a bank account unless you have an address in the country, unless you're in some kind of special situation, like a "high net-worth individual" interested in private banking services.