# ‘Online’ Bank’s xenophobic reasoning for denying "foreigners" the ability to open an account online

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/online-bank-s-xenophobic-reasoning-for-denying-foreigners-the-ability-to-open-an-account-online/230991>\
**Category:** Discrimination in Taiwan\
**Tags:** banking\
**Created:** [August 18, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/online-bank-s-xenophobic-reasoning-for-denying-foreigners-the-ability-to-open-an-account-online/230991 "2022-08-18T17:14:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![comfy123](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/comfy123/32/258242_2.png) [@comfy123](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/comfy123)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/online-bank-s-xenophobic-reasoning-for-denying-foreigners-the-ability-to-open-an-account-online/230991/553 "2022-09-05T04:55:35Z")

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Line bank doesn’t want to bother though… And yes, they want to collect more false declarations.

Another one is to do with Taiwan’s own tax residency laws —\> Check out this post [https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-tax-residency-laws-clarification/223159](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-tax-residency-laws-clarification/223159)

They hate it when you point out their own laws and how they often don’t follow them.

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