>. International “startup” banks like Wise generally don’t support this, so don’t even try! You’ll lose multiple days going back and forth with their support, like I did. You can open a Wise bank account later when you’re properly incorporated.
The real optimization is not using Germany companies to begin with.
I'm a US citizen and US resident, I had some German limited partners in a small hedge fund several years back. The offshore feeder was in the Cayman Islands, alongside the Master Fund. Both had bank accounts only in US banks. (All forms with IRS and other regulators filed no problems there, good to have a business bank familiar with these things.)
Now to those particular investors, wiring money to a foreign bank with foreign transaction needs was too much for them. The US being a foreign bank from their perspective. They just wanted to use SEPA transactions and transaction instructions that they are familiar with, which are (potentially) instant.
This US citizen was able to sign up the Cayman Islands feeder into Wise for an EU bank account no problem, had SEPA details no problem. Makes it super easy to swap over to USD with few fees and wire it to the primary bank account.
Its also important to note that Wise has high transaction limits. Like $1,000,000 per transaction is the limit, its not a daily limit. so even if you get a large LP its not really a limit just multiple transactions. Not perfect, but way better than many other fintech app solutions for casual use.
Before Wise it was nearly impossible for an American to get real Eurozone banking easily after FATCA treaty was ratified. But with Wise it was pretty quick maybe 1 business day with support in their business sign up.
One point against Wise is that their Terms of Service are very restrictive. There are lots of legal activities you're not supposed to do with them.
>. International “startup” banks like Wise generally don’t support this, so don’t even try! You’ll lose multiple days going back and forth with their support, like I did. You can open a Wise bank account later when you’re properly incorporated.
The real optimization is not using Germany companies to begin with.
I'm a US citizen and US resident, I had some German limited partners in a small hedge fund several years back. The offshore feeder was in the Cayman Islands, alongside the Master Fund. Both had bank accounts only in US banks. (All forms with IRS and other regulators filed no problems there, good to have a business bank familiar with these things.)
Now to those particular investors, wiring money to a foreign bank with foreign transaction needs was too much for them. The US being a foreign bank from their perspective. They just wanted to use SEPA transactions and transaction instructions that they are familiar with, which are (potentially) instant.
This US citizen was able to sign up the Cayman Islands feeder into Wise for an EU bank account no problem, had SEPA details no problem. Makes it super easy to swap over to USD with few fees and wire it to the primary bank account.
Its also important to note that Wise has high transaction limits. Like $1,000,000 per transaction is the limit, its not a daily limit. so even if you get a large LP its not really a limit just multiple transactions. Not perfect, but way better than many other fintech app solutions for casual use.
Before Wise it was nearly impossible for an American to get real Eurozone banking easily after FATCA treaty was ratified. But with Wise it was pretty quick maybe 1 business day with support in their business sign up.
One point against Wise is that their Terms of Service are very restrictive. There are lots of legal activities you're not supposed to do with them.