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	An account can be opened for a foreigner only if he/she has residency — [[Permit]] and above.		An account can be opened for a foreigner only if he/she has residency — [[Permit]] and above.

			USA citizens may have issues opening bank accounts due to the extensive extra paperwork their government requires from the banks, if they open an account for an US-citizen. It may help to try a different branch of the same bank. Trying different banks, may also help.

	Notes on various occasions:		Notes on various occasions:

Ralf: Machine translation of Russian page

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Machine translation of Russian page

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Bank accounts}}

In total, 11 banks are registered in the country, the full list [https://cbcg.me/me/kljucne-funkcije/kontrolna-funkcija/bankarski-sistem/registar-banaka is available on the website] of the Central Bank of Montenegro. Deposits and accounts are insured by the state [https://fzdcg.org/ Deposit Protection Fund] up to 50,000 euros in each bank.

The following banks actively work with individuals:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of banks in Montenegro
|-
! Name !! Site
|-
| Addiko Bank || [https://www.addiko.me/ addiko.me]
|-
| Erste Bank || [https://www.erstebank.me/erstebank.me]
|-
| CKB banka || [https://ckb.me/ckb.me]
|-
| Hipotekarna Bank || [https://www.hipotekarnabanka.com/ hipotekarnabanka.com]
|-
| Lovćen banka || [https://lovcenbanka.me/ lovcenbanka.me]
|-
| NLB banka || [https://www.nlb.me/nlb.me]
|-
| Prva banka Crne Gore || [https://prvabankacg.com/prvabankacg.com]
|-
| Ziaraat Bank || [https://ziraatbank.me/ ziraatbank.me]
|}

== Account opening ==

An account can be opened for a foreigner only if he/she has residency — [[Permit]] and above.

Notes on various occasions:

; Addiko Bank
: refused to open an account for a Russian citizen with a residence permit.<ref>https://t.me/Seasteading_EastEurope/76638</ref>
: "We are a Turkish bank, citizens of Russia and Belarus do not open for political reasons" --[[User:CblP|CblP]] ([[User's talk:CblP|talk]]) 20:49, April 1, 2022 (CEST)

; CKB
: used to open to those working without Montenegro ID, recently stopped --[[User:CblP|CblP]] ([[User's talk:CblP|talk]]) 20:49, April 1, 2022 (CEST)

; Hipotekarna
: opens an account in Budva even without a residence permit.<ref>https://t.me/Seasteading_EastEurope/76645</ref> Although this seems to depend on the individual employee.
: in the Bar they said that they can open an account without a Montenegro ID if there is a job as a stable source of income --[[User:CblP|CblP]] ([[Member's talk:CblP|talk]]) 20:49, April 1, 2022 (CEST)

; Erste
: does not open an account without a residence permit, does not open an account for citizens of the Russian Federation even with a residence permit

; Lovcen Bank
: does not open an account without a residence permit

= Footnotes =

<references />

[[Category: Legalization]]
[[ru:Banks]]

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