Ancroft Corporate Consultants - Banking: Documents required for account opening

Banking: Introduction

Regulations and compliance requirements
Documents required for bank account opening
Banking products and services
International and Offshore Banks Centre
Account opening timescales
Selecting a bank

For all bank accounts the following documents are required, as a minimum: · Completed and signed application forms for account opening · Certified copy of passport and other identity document with a photograph (National Identity card or Driving licence) and a proof of address However most banks may also require: business plan, bank references, professional references, CVs of the owners and managers, copies of invoices and contracts, names of trading counter-parties and any other supporting documentation. For a personal account the following documents are required, as a minimum: · Certified copy of the valid passport and/or National Identity Card with a photograph · Certified copy of original proof of address For a corporate account the following documents are required, as a minimum: · Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Good Standing · Documents authorising the officer(s) to open and manage the corporate account · Certified copies of passport(s) of the officer(s) whose signature(s) appear(s) on the Account Application, along with confirmation of residential addresses of all officers and owners

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