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A comment on Estonia's e-Residency Program. Parent comment

Re:Estonia's e-Residency Program by mixedbit on Sunday May 08, 2016 @04:55PM (#11655779)
I've heard that to start a company in UK, a UK bank account is required, and it is pretty difficult for non-residents to get.
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Re:Estonia's e-Residency Program by hanoz on Sunday May 08, 2016 @06:32PM (#11656312)
You heard wrong. There's no requirement for a UK company, or its directors or shareholders, to have a bank account of any kind.
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Re:Estonia's e-Residency Program by daghandler on Monday May 09, 2016 @01:45AM (#11657835)
To start a UK company, it is not necessary. To be in line with accounting compliance requirements, you need to be able to issue invoices from a UK company bank account. In order to obtain that, you need management to be based in the UK (i.e. be resident).
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Re:Estonia's e-Residency Program by xioxox on Monday May 09, 2016 @05:01AM (#11658395)
This link claims it may be possible to open an account without UK management (e.g. with HSBC), but I'm no expert here: https://www.rapidformations.co.uk/blog/business-bank-account...
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