The Expat Files - 03/21/11
March 18, 2011
Gary Null

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Banks and Bank Accounts - Part 1:     

- Why opening a simple passbook account can be as simple as brain surgery.

- Traveling to LA any time soon? Leave your kids at home...PLEASE!   

- Changing money without getting gouged.

- Counterfeits, counterfeits everywhere. How can you tell the real thing?   

- Those ‘know your customer’ banking laws have just landed down here, courtesy of a tsunami of narco money and thieving politicians. The result?... a blizzard of paperwork (just like in the 1st world).      

- Having a lawyer open a bank account for you... good idea or not?    

- Transferring money using your lawyer’s escrow account a good idea or not?

- Why you absolutely need a debit card from a local bank, and how to get one in a hurry. 

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