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Cashing US COVID STIMULUS CHECKS IN TOKYO

Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 12:19 am
by cherry1
Has anyone from the US successfully cashed their US Covid stimulus checks here in Tokyo ? I’ve seen that smbc will do it through their prestia account but there is a 2000 yen monthly charge for the account - are there any other options here ? I have no US bank account
Thanks in advance.

Re: Cashing US COVID STIMULUS CHECKS IN TOKYO

Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 2:57 am
by Tkydon
There are many ways to get the Prestia monthly cost waived...

Re: Cashing US COVID STIMULUS CHECKS IN TOKYO

Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 3:27 am
by captainspoke
cherry1 wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 12:19 am Has anyone from the US successfully cashed their US Covid stimulus checks here in Tokyo ? I’ve seen that smbc will do it through their prestia account but there is a 2000 yen monthly charge for the account - are there any other options here ? I have no US bank account
Thanks in advance.
I see from your past posts that you've set up an account at interactive brokers. Have you tried cashing the check via them?

Re: Cashing US COVID STIMULUS CHECKS IN TOKYO

Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 3:20 am
by cherry1
good idea, i didn't think of that. thank you