Non US Citizens - Cannot apply for US business checking account even with a US LLC
Hi, I live in Hong Kong and I am setting up an ecommerce website. I would need to accept payments from my US based customers and need to make payments to my US based suppliers (drop shippers) constantly.
My initial plan:
1 Get a US LLC from Delaware (which I did),
2. Apply for a BOfA business checking accounts from the internet online
3. Apply for a paypal merchant account.
It turns out that the second step is the problem as BOfA doesn't allow non citizen to apply for a US business account without physically going to the States. I tried to walk in to HSBC and Citi bank in HK and they all told me the same thing.
Are there any suggestions on what I can do now (rather than for me to travel all the way to the US). I heard someone talking about Payoneer here. Would paypal transfer the USD that I receive from customers to Payoneer? Also, would I be able to use the Payoneer to pay my suppliers in USD? (not necessary big companies) . thanks
Cheers, Bruce
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