Originally Posted by
kentchristopher
Can you open a foreign currency account, e.g. a euro account in Spain, while still in the US, and without a mailing address in that country?
I don't think HSBC Spain offers personal bank accounts, only corporate.
I'm not sure about the local address requirement, while banks in many countries require local addresses in order to open accounts, my understanding is that banks in Spain offer accounts for non-residents.
If you're looking to stay with HSBC, as I mentioned in a previoius post, HSBC Expat offers multi-currency accounts (USD, GBP, and Euro), so you could presumably open an Expat Euro account with an address in the US.