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#1575590 - 07/08/11 04:17 PM US ID Only
jross Offline
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As long as we satisfy the minimum CIP requirements can we require or limit the types of ID used however we want?

i.e. You must have a valid US DL/ID Card to open an account.
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#1575610 - 07/08/11 04:36 PM Re: US ID Only jross
Elwood P. Dowd Offline
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Yes. Your policy has certain implications about who you will and will not do business with, but you are entitled to make those choices.

To refine it a bit more closely, some banks require a U.S. taxpayer identification number. The CIP regulation only requires an identifying number and provides examples of foreign numbers that are acceptable. A decision to require a U.S. TIN has even more specfic implications than requiring U.S. ID; i.e. I can have U.S. ID, but still not have a U.S. TIN.

Requiring both U.S. ID and a U.S. TIN sends a pretty specific message.
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