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Opening an USD bank account from India
 

Payoneer and Wise don't offer USD account feature in India. Any other options? I got international clients (mainly from US and UK) ready to send payments and I don't want to reveal my country (people are prejudiced against my country and consider everyone as scammers and revealing my country and local bank details for ACH transfer has affected my sales a lot so don't wanna repeat that mistake of revealing to my clients that I'm Indian).
TLDR ; I need a US based virtual bank account like that kind that is offered by wise where I can receive my payments and later withdraw to my local bank account via ACH.
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED.

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

Chime is a nice virtual bank, names must match direct deposits or funds will get returned to sender and chime will close your account

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

Do I need to access the account with US IP?
Name must match as in? I need to put my own name? And the sender will be able to see it?
Do i need SSN to open a VBA there?

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

Feels like SSN would be needed - why not check out the website and see?

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

Yes must be a US ip and sign up using the name you will be receiving direct deposits for. This bank doesn’t like mismatched name deposits

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

Wise and payoneer both gives to Indian customers something you not telling, yes wise is more strict due to your country, other virtual you can use pingpong (running by Indians!) Ofx, Google it many companies offer these now a days

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

you need ssn to create a wise account.

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

if you do not want to reveal your country you still have the option to use EU and other virtual accounts even if USA accounts should be restricted

Re: Opening an USD bank account from India
 

It is definitely needed.