Hi Patrick, Do you know if there is there any way we can get our customers to pay invoices directly into the Visa balance or do we still need a separate bank account linked to the Visa card?
I have looked at a few which all have 'direct deposit' but this only seems to cover automatic payment of salaries or government benefits. Cheers, Michael On Apr 19, 4:50 pm, Patrick Collins <pcolli...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can easily get a US credit card with $1000 credit limit with no credit > history, but you'll need to put in $1000 as collateral. Makes sense right? > Hey at least you get your credit rating started. And you won't need a SSN to > get it started. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 18, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Dominik Grabiec <dgrab...@pagefaultdesigns.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi John, > > > Although I haven't done this myself I've done a bit of research on the > > topic. > > > What it comes down to is you need a US Tax ID, otherwise known as an IRS > > Employer Identification Number (EIN), > > (fromhttp://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=96696...). > > With which you can get a US bank account, and then hopefully get a credit > > card attached to that. > > > The tricky thing with that is since your business has not actually done any > > business as a US entity, you won't have a credit score with the US credit > > rating agencies, so it may be a bit hard to get a credit card as a result. > > Since you've done business with US companies, as well as the major CC > > networks, you may be able to get them to generate you a score initially. > > However that is just speculation. > > > Hope it helps. > > > Dominik > > > On 19/04/2011 10:32 AM, John Ferlito wrote: > >> Howdy, > > >> This has sort of been covered before but not quite the situation I > >> find myself in. > > >> So we are an Australian company with US customers, so we are getting > >> paid in US Dollars. Also a large chunk of our expenses (Amazon AWS) > >> are in US dollars. > > >> So I can get an AU account in USD but is there anyway to get a USD > >> credit card attached to it so that I'm avoiding the two way exchange > >> rate loss? > > >> Alternatively while in AU can I get a US bank account and US credit > >> card where I can do everything online? > > >> Hoping someone else has managed to solve this problem! > > >> Cheers, > >> John > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > > Australia mailing list. > > > Guidelines on > > discussion:http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en- Hide > >quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
