Residents - domestic individuals
Foreign currency account for domestic individuals
Opening a foreign currency account
If the client has a foreign currency account in another bank, in accordance with the legal regulations of the Republic of Macedonia, he can also open a foreign currency account in Central cooperative bank Plc Skopje.
When opening the foreign currency account it is necessary for the client to also have a MKD transactional account in Central cooperative bank Plc Skopje.
Before establishing any kind of 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 fullfills an appropriate Application for registration.
In order to perform international payment operations requested by the client, the Bank opens MKD and foreign currency account where the client must submit the following documentation:
Individual – A resident:
- A copy of valid ID or passport of the applicant or the person authorized to open an account and dispose with its assets;
- An application for registering a client – an authorized person (An application from the Bank);
- A request for opening a foreign currency 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 accounts assets (An application from the Bank);
- A statement by the authorized person regarding the status of a 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 a foreign currency account (An application from the Bank).
Individual – A resident based on a FOREIGN CURRENCY PENSION:
- A copy of valid ID or passport of the applicant or the person authorized to open an account and dispose with its assets;
- An application for registering a client – an authorized person (An application from the Bank);
- A request for opening a foreign currency 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 account's assets (An application from the Bank);
- A statement by the authorized person regarding the status of a 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);
- An application from a user of a foreign currency pension (An application from the Bank);
- A statement for an achieved entitlement on a foreign currency pension (An application from the Bank);
- An authorization for retrieval of a foreign currency pension (An application from the Bank).
The featured documentation 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 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
A list of a foreign countries with which The Republic of Macedonia has a Contract or a Convention for social security
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