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How to open a US BANK account from Nigeria with Payoneer

Are you in Nigeria or live anywhere in Africa or in Asia and you want to open a US BANK Account to receive payments from your US-based client or maybe you are an affiliate marketer for Amazon or a freelancer from Upwork, Fiverr, Seoclerk (It's a work from home job that pays well especially if you are tech person!)

etc? If so then you are in the right place.

This post is going to expose you to how to own a US bank account here in Nigeria, Ghana, or anywhere outside the US.

To be able to own a US account you are not required to be a US resident or US citizen.

Payoneer is the platform to create a US-based bank account from home and they are a great and reputable company like Skrill or Paypal.

Once sign up has been duly completed, Payoneer will provide you with a US Bank Account Number, Routing Number and all other account details you need to receive local bank transfers from the United States and receive the money in Nigeria or any other country outside the US via MasterCard.

Payoneer will help you to clear checks and load them into your Payoneer account. More so a prepaid MasterCard would be issued and couriered to you here in Nigeria or anywhere outside the US with which you can withdraw or cash out funds from local ATMs.

The MasterCard issued can be used to perform all local functions such as your normal ATM card functions like ATM transfers, airtime top-up, etc.

MasterCard issued by Payoneer can be used in over 200 countries on the globe and accepted on ant ATM that has the MasterCard logo on them.

How to Open A US Bank account and get the MasterCard In Nigeria Or Other Countries

To Open this Payoneer Account, Log on to Payoneer.com then click "Sign Up"
Carefully fill the form with correct and authentic details
At the contact details fill in your postcode where applicable.
Once you have successfully signed up, you would be advised to wait while your application gets approved.

Once your application for a US bank account is approved an email would be sent to you from Payoneer, then log in to access your dashboard and apply for a card. The Payoneer MasterCard takes approximately three weeks to arrive in Nigeria and it's free to apply, process, and disbursed to you. But if you want an expedient delivery in two days then you would be charged a courier fee of $40. DHL is in charge of logistics as at the time of writing this posts.

What to do after getting the Payoneer MasterCard

After collecting your MasterCard, you will be required to activate the card.

You can do that easily by dialing the International phone number that was instructed in the letter that came with your card. OR
Activating it online via your Payoneer dashboard, all is required is to verify the 16 digits numbers on the card and setting a transaction pin.