Nonresidents - Foreign legal entities
Foreign currency account for legal entities
Opening a foreign currency account
If the client has opened a foreign currency bank account in another bank before, in accordance with the legal regulations of the Republic of Macedonia, he can open a foreign currency account in Central cooperative bank Plc Skopje.
Before establishing of any kind of a business relationship the bank identifies the client in accordance with the regulations of the Law on prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and the Bank’s program for implementing the measures for protection of money laundering and terrorist financing. In favor of that purpose, the client mandatory fulfills an appropriate Application.
In order to perform the international payment operations, on request of the client, the Bank opens a foreign currency account, where the client must submit the following documentation:
Foreign currency legal entity – A non-resident:
- For the legal entity and his legal representative – Inference from the Commercial Register or another register, where a record is kept for the legal entities in the country, where the subject issued in the last 6 months is registered, from which the following can be determined: date of its establishment, name, address, headquarter, activity performed and the last owner (person/persons with minimum of 25% of the capital);
- For the legal entity - Diplomatic consular representation of a foreign country or a representation of international organization – a document issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia, or an inference of the CR of the Republic of Macedonia, as well as a power of attorney of the responsible person in the representation;
- A copy of valid ID or passport of the person/persons authorized to dispose with the assets of the account;
- An application for registering a client (An application from the Bank);
- An application for registering a signer – authorized person (An application from the Bank);
- A request for opening an account (An application from the Bank);
- A contract for opening and maintaining a foreign currency account (An application from the Bank);
- An application for authorized persons (Specimen) for disposing with the assets on the account and with/without a seal, with which the instruments of the international payment operations will be verified (An application from the Bank);
- A statement by the authorized person for the status of Resident or Non-resident, for the awareness of the positive legal regulations in The Republic of Macedonia and for the terms and conditions for opening and maintaining of a foreign currency account (An application from the Bank).
The featured documentation (in Macedonian, or translated in English by a certified translator) shall be submitted in an original form (or in a notary certified photocopy) into the nearest branch office of the Bank, from which the Bank mandatory retains a photocopy.
The Bank may request additional documentation if the necessary data for identification of the client when opening a foreign currency account cannot be determined from the submitted documentation.
The clients who have been previously identified in the Bank and have valid documentation are only requested to fulfill and submit the application forms by the Bank.
Additional information for opening a foreign currency account can be obtained in all of the Branch offices and Affiliates of the Bank and/or by an e-mail on pps@ccbank.mk.
General conditions for opening of a foreign currency account
Contact: pps@ccbank.mk
Saso Lazarevski
Telephone number: +389 2 3249 371
Fax: +389 2 3249 377
E-mail: saso.lazarevski@ccbank.mk
Simka Janevska
Telephone number: +389 2 3249 395
Fax: +389 2 3249 377
E-mail: simka.janevska@ccbank.mk
Natasa Jakimovska
Telephone number: +389 2 3249 374
Fax: +389 2 3249 377
E-mail: natasa.jakimovska@ccbank.mk
Olga Dacovska
Telephone number: +389 2 324 9373
Fax: +389 2 324 9377
E-mail: olga.dacovska@ccbank.mk