Opening a Canadian Bank Account

[Wht_Rbt]

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Would it be possible/plausible to open a bank account in say Canada, and just keep using Neteller? Would you need to provide an address outside of the USA?

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A lot of people have already done this, supposedly, and I've seen multiple discussions on it.

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Does anybody have any info on this? This seems like it would be safer than switching to a shady e-wallet. Would it be illegal?

[csi]

It wouldn't work because Neteller tracks your IP address. I'm from Canada and one time when I went to Vegas, I accessed my neteller account from my hotel room, and they froze my account for a brief period afterwards because they didn't recognize the 'new IP address'.

So, I don't know, maybe it would work thru a proxy??

[BGnight]

I too am curious as to what is required for a U.S. citizen to open an account, what bank is best, and how transactions would work to pokersites-your U.S. bank accounts, feasability, etc....

And I'm not talking about using Neteller. Just direct transfers from a Canadian bank. And also, only using pokersites that allow U.S. customers (stars, full tilt, mansion)

[csi]

Another alternative with a Canadian bank account is you get a visa card and then use that for deposits.

[BGnight]

This might be more appropriate in the Zoo.

Edit: I just posted this subject in the zoo.