Bank Account Opening Assistance
The company is registered and the account is not open, so nothing can be invoiced and nothing can be paid. Applications get declined with no reason given, or sit for weeks, and the bank asks for a business rationale, a source of funds explanation and documents nobody mentioned at licensing.
An application that answers the compliance questions a bank will ask before it asks them, put to banks that actually take your kind of business.
Bank Account Opening Assistance
The company is registered and the account is not open, so nothing can be invoiced and nothing can be paid. Applications get declined with no reason given, or sit for weeks, and the bank asks for a business rationale, a source of funds explanation and documents nobody mentioned at licensing.
An application that answers the compliance questions a bank will ask before it asks them, put to banks that actually take your kind of business.
How it works
What actually happens, in order.
- 01
Profile assessment
Your activity, shareholding, residency, expected turnover and counterparty countries decide which banks will look at you at all. Applying to the wrong bank is how six weeks disappear.
2 to 3 working days
- 02
The compliance file
A bank is asking a compliance question, not a sales one. Where the money comes from, what the business does, who owns it, and who will be paying you. We assemble and write that file before anything is submitted.
Depends on document turnaround
- 03
Application and follow up
The application goes in with the file complete. Bank queries come back to us, and we answer them with documents rather than with another round of forms sent to you.
Bank timelines apply
- 04
Account live
Once the account opens we check that the mandate, the signatories and the online access match how you actually operate, and the account goes into your ledger from the first day.
On approval
What you hand over. What you get back.
What you provide and what we deliver
You provide
- Trade licence, memorandum and incorporation documents
- Passports, visas and Emirates ID for shareholders and signatories
- Proof of address for shareholders and signatories
- Existing bank statements, personal or corporate
- Contracts, invoices or a client list showing what the business does
We deliver
- An assessment of which banks fit your profile, and why
- A complete compliance and source of funds file
- The application submitted and tracked
- Bank queries answered on your behalf
- The account set up in your books once it is live
What it costs
What the fee depends on.
Our fee depends on the number of shareholders and signatories to document, whether any of them are non resident, and how many banks the application goes to. Bank charges, minimum balances and account fees belong to the bank and are set by the bank. We tell you what they are before you apply, so a minimum balance is never a surprise.
Before you ask
Questions about bank account opening
If the one you need is not here, ask it on WhatsApp. You will get an actual answer, not a callback form.
Can you guarantee the account is opened?
No, and be careful with anyone who says otherwise. The decision belongs to the bank and it is a compliance decision. What we control is that the application is complete, honest and put to banks whose criteria you actually meet, which is where most declines are lost.
Why do banks ask for so much?
Because UAE banks carry real obligations to know who they are dealing with and where money comes from. Questions about ownership, source of funds and expected counterparties are not suspicion, they are the file the bank has to hold. Answering all of it properly at the start is faster than answering it one question at a time over six weeks.
How long does it take?
It depends on the bank, your profile and how quickly documents come back. Anyone quoting a fixed number before seeing your shareholding is guessing. Once we have looked at the profile you get a realistic window, and a clear split between the parts we control and the parts the bank controls.
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