Re: [SiliconBeach] Accepting payments in USD from US entities

2011-09-14 Thread Geoff McQueen
a foreign currency account is very different to a foreign bank account. people here will want to do a wire (direct deposit/eft), and they'll want to know your routing number (bsb) and your account number. bet you a glass of your finest lager that cba provides you with an aussie based account

[SiliconBeach] Re: Accepting payments in USD from US entities

2011-09-14 Thread Bardia Housman
Another thing to keep in mind is that you can open up a US bank account (given you're in the US) without a social security number. I did that in the early years of being in the US. So if it's important to have a US bank account, then all it takes is a trip. On Sep 14, 5:45 am, Geoff McQueen

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to accept payments from overseas

2011-09-14 Thread Michael Stone
We use Associated Foreign Exchange (www.afex.com) who have bank accounts in a large number of countries around the world. You provide your creditor with the AFEX account details and make sure they put your company name in the transaction description. AFEX then receives the money and transfers it

[SiliconBeach] Re: How to accept payments from overseas

2011-09-14 Thread Steven Noble
That sounds like a really handy service. I'll check it out. s. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs

[SiliconBeach] Re: If you need to tell people about your idea I have made something that might help you out.

2011-09-14 Thread Matt
Thanks Geoff, I would agree with you. Good response. There have been some good calls on SB recently in terms of what is appropriate and what is not. Matt Jones. On Sep 14, 12:27 pm, Geoff Langdale geoff.langd...@gmail.com wrote: also what I should shout to 51,528 people... The only thing

[SiliconBeach] Re: If you need to tell people about your idea I have made something that might help you out.

2011-09-14 Thread n8ores
Thanks Geoff, The idea of We All Shout is that friends and family of your business/ startup support your business. in this case your friends and family are happy to spread on a message for you (well i know mine are). The 276 supporters of We All Shout itself, was simply done to show how things