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If you are able to open a bank account in Sweden, it will likely have a connected Maestro card with no access to internet banking. If you are admitted to a two-year Master's programme or a three-year Bachelor's programme you should be eligible to apply for a Swedish personal identity number. Having a personal identity number will make it easier to open a bank account in Sweden. However, It can take a few weeks to receive your personal identity number, and you should apply for it before you apply to open a Swedish bank account.
We would recommend that you take the following documents to the bank when applying to open an account:. On the Swedish Bankers' Association website you can read more information about what is required when becoming a customer of a Swedish bank.
If you do not have a bank account in Sweden but need to pay a bill, you can for example take your bill to a Forex bank. You pay a fee for them to handle the payment.
If you need to change cash into other currencies, Forex Kungsgatan 59 in Uppsala is a good choice. Uppsala University uses cookies to make your website experience as good as possible. Read more about cookies.
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Opening a Swedish bank account Due to strict regulations, it can take some effort to open a bank account in Sweden. The settlement of a foreign exchange transaction does not require the transmission of funds between a customer and a third-party counterpart, but rather may be settled between [Forex Company] and its customer by delivering the proceeds of the foreign exchange transaction to the customer directly.
After conducting a foreign exchange transaction, the customer may make payments to its third-party foreign counterpart directly by payment mechanisms other than funds transmissions through [Forex Company]. Because [Forex Company's] acceptance of funds from its customer and transmission of funds to the customer's third-party foreign counterpart does not constitute an integral part of the execution and settlement of any transaction other than the funds transmission itself, [Forex Company] is a money transmitter according to our regulations.
This ruling is provided in accordance with the procedures set forth at 31 C. In arriving at our conclusions in this letter, we have relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the representations made in your letter. Nothing precludes us from reaching a different conclusion or taking further action if circumstances change or any of that information provided is inaccurate or incomplete. We reserve the right, after redacting your name and address and the [Forex Company's] name and the names of its parent and affiliates, to publish this letter as guidance to financial institutions in accordance with our regulations for requesting an administrative ruling.
You have fourteen days from the date of this letter to identify any other information you believe should be redacted and the legal basis for redaction. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact [FinCEN's regulatory helpline at ]. While the language of the definition and its place in FinCEN's regulations have changed over the years, the scope of the definition has been narrowed only by exempting banks, persons registered with, or regulated and examined by, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and those who qualify for a de minimis exception.
See 51 FR , Aug. Issued Date.