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Opening of Accounts

Resident Companies (local currency and/or foreign)

Minimum documentation required (of the company)

  • Deed of Establishment and its Amendments under the new Companies Act. This adjustment relates to companies incorporated before 1998 (legalised)
  • Certified authentic copy of the original and complete registration of the company issued no more than 15 days previously by the Public Register and in which there are NO securities pending registration.
  • Legalised copy of the Unified Register of the taxpayer (RUC).

Minimum documentation required (of the proxies and signatories)

  • Deed of Powers or Copy of the Charter of the Board appointing Proxies, duly entered in the Commercial Register (legalised)
  • In the case of Limited Companies, the Minutes of the General Meeting of Shareholders, appointing the current board (legalised)
  • Legalised copy of the identity document of the signatories (DNI, Immigration Document, Passport or Identity Card).

Moneda

New Soles (PEN) and/or US Dollars (USD)

Person responsible for the receipt of documents and supplementation of the file

The person responsible is the Business Executive.

Time (days) in which the account is operational*

  • The average time is 5 business days from receipt of complete documentation and in the absence of any comment from the Law Department.

Is a local proxy required?

  • Yes, a Local Proxy is required.

Does the signature of the opening contract require physical presence? If the answer is NO, what are the alternatives?

  • Physical presence is not required to sign the Account Opening Agreement. However, it is necessary for the client to deliver the physical document with the original signature.

Other requirements/restrictions

If the client already has an account and wants to open a new one in another currency (soles or dollars), it is only necessary to send a letter signed by the Proxies of the company indicating its application; this is because the bank already has the Legal Documents of the company and proxies.

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NON-Resident Companies

Minimum documentation required (of the company)

  • Deed of Establishment and its Amendments under the new General Companies Act. This adjustment relates to companies incorporated before 1998 (legalised)
  • Certified authentic copy of the original and complete registration of the company issued no more than 15 days previously by the Public Register and in which there are NO securities pending registration
  • Copy of the Unified Register of the taxpayer RUC
  • Certificate of Good Standing of the grantor Company or other equivalent instrument issued by the competent authority in its country of origin.

In addition, some of these documents:

  • Affidavit of a certificate issued by a legal representative of the foreign company to fulfil the functions of a notary (or equivalent); Certification of a foreign official or competent authority; in the sense that the grantor of the power is duly authorised to act as representative and is empowered in its name in the terms established in the context of registration.
  • Another legal binding document stating the content of some of the above declarations.

Both the Declaration and the Certificate should include the full names of the respondents, their addresses and signatures legalised by a notary, consul or foreign authority.

Minimum documentation required (of the proxies and signatories)

  • Deed of Powers or Copy of the Charter of the Board appointing Proxies, duly entered in the Commercial Register (legalised)
  • In the case of Limited Companies, the Minutes of the General Meeting of Shareholders, appointing the current board (legalised)
  • Legalised copy of the identity document of the signatories (DNI, Immigration Document, Passport or Identity Card).

Currency

New Soles (PEN) and/or US Dollars (USD)

Person responsible for the receipt of documents and supplementation of the file

The person responsible is the Business Executive.

Time (days) in which the account is operational*

The average time is 5 business days from receipt of complete documentation and in the absence of any comment from the Law Department.

Is a local proxy required?

Yes, a Local Proxy is required.

Does the signature of the opening contract require physical presence? If the answer is NO, what are the alternatives?

Physical presence is not required to sign the Account Opening Agreement. However, it is necessary for the client to deliver the physical document with the original signature.

Other requirements/restrictions

If the client already has an account and wants to open a new one in another currency (soles or dollars), it is only necessary to send a letter signed by the Proxies of the company, indicating its application; since the bank already has the Legal Documents of the company and proxies.

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