Estonia is running its country like a tech company

Post by throw130 » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 11:43 AM UTC

juskrey wrote: post #196

throw130 wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, I agree UK is a better option. Are you a UK resident though? I'm a EU resident and I have heard there is no way to open a business bank account in the UK without living there (i.e. without NI number + rent contract + utility bills). If anyone has any info on how to run a UK company with a local bank account (not with an Internet bank) without being a UK resident, I'm all ears.

I'm not a UK resident and running it with Transferwise borderless account, and have opened several accounts in other fintech banks as an experiment as well. As for Estonia, de facto e-residents have to open accounts in internet and non Estonian banks too.

Post by jkingsbery » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:16 PM UTC

disordinary wrote: post #186

jkingsbery wrote: post #168

"For some weird and unexplainable reason, people normally expect better services from private companies than from their own governments." Right or wrong, it's not that unexplainable. People leave their cell phone carrier over bad customer service. They buy their things from a different website because of poor service, or go to a different store. It's cheap to change your allegiance to a different brand. It's a lot mo…

Surely democracy is an incentive to improve.