{"id":10994,"date":"2024-09-24T10:05:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iibanks.com\/westafrica\/?page_id=10994"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:43:34","slug":"open-an-account","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iibanks.com\/westafrica\/en\/personal\/open-an-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Open an Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755861545812{padding-top: 65px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/www.iibanks.com\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/net.png?id=11195) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;our-purpose-text-box applyroW absltE&#8221;][vc_row tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; break_in_responsive=&#8221;991&#8243; tm_zindex=&#8221;&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;font-size-24&#8243;][vc_column tm_col_bg_expand=&#8221;left&#8221; el_id=&#8221;requirement-box-bg-right&#8221;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-75606a231b341aa88\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-75606a231b341aa88 uvc-8495 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-75606a231b341aa88 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:62px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:normal;color:#312b6b;margin-bottom:20px;\">Open an account with just a few clicks<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div id=\"ultimate-heading-30976a231b341aab9\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-30976a231b341aab9 uvc-5574 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-30976a231b341aab9 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:36px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:normal;color:#575757;margin-bottom:15px;\">Its quick and easy and you can do it right now!<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\" vc_custom_1755867068407 ubtn-ctn-left openbtN\"><a class=\"ubtn-link ult-adjust-bottom-margin ubtn-left ubtn-small openbtN\" href=\"https:\/\/cobcv.iibanks.com\/en\/account-opening-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button type=\"button\" id=\"ubtn-1195\"  class=\"ubtn ult-adjust-bottom-margin ult-responsive ubtn-small ubtn-no-hover-bg  none  ubtn-left   tooltip-6a231b341aae3\"  data-hover=\"#ffffff\" data-border-color=\"#312b6b\" data-bg=\"#312b6b\" data-hover-bg=\"#312b6b\" data-border-hover=\"#312b6b\" data-shadow-hover=\"\" data-shadow-click=\"none\" data-shadow=\"\" data-shd-shadow=\"\"  data-ultimate-target='#ubtn-1195'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:18px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"font-weight:normal;border-radius:5px;border-width:1px;border-color:#312b6b;border-style:solid;background: #312b6b;color: #ffffff;\"><span class=\"ubtn-hover\" style=\"background-color:#312b6b\"><\/span><span class=\"ubtn-data ubtn-text \" >Open an Account<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755860056840{padding-top: 65px !important;padding-bottom: 65px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/www.iibanks.com\/caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/net.png?id=11195) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;our-purpose-text-box applyroW absltE&#8221;][vc_row tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; break_in_responsive=&#8221;991&#8243; tm_zindex=&#8221;&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;font-size-24&#8243;][vc_column tm_col_bg_expand=&#8221;left&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755861058514{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 17.5px !important;background-color: #eeeeee !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;requirement-box-bg-right&#8221;][vc_row_inner break_in_responsive=&#8221;1200&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1667366560047{padding-right: 17.5px !important;}&#8221; tm_responsive_css=&#8221;33209346|colbreak_no||||||0|||colbreak_no|||||||||colbreak_no||||||||||colbreak_no|||||||||&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;Who-Can-Apply-iib&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Who can apply?&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:32|text_align:left|line_height:1&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fontFamily&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689426770250{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;who-can-apply-border requirements-iib&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755867099231{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]18 years or older<\/p>\n<p>non-residents of Cabo Verde[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column tm_col_bg_expand=&#8221;right&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_id=&#8221;requirement-box-bg-left&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755861066119{padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #eeeeee !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner break_in_responsive=&#8221;1200&#8243; tm_zindex=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1679994768742{padding-left: 17.5px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;Who-Can-Apply-iib&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1667371214992{padding-left: 65px !important;}&#8221;]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-8056a231b341ab1f\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-8056a231b341ab1f uvc-9961 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-8056a231b341ab1f h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:normal;\">Required documents<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div id=\"ultimate-heading-75146a231b341ab35\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-75146a231b341ab35 uvc-5109 \" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-75146a231b341ab35 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:20px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:15px;\">(JPG, PNG or PDF formats.)<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;who-can-apply-border requirements-iib&#8221; 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We offer 3 different currencies including CVE, USD, EUR.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;plscntcT&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755861831880{padding-top: 65px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row tm_bgimagefixed=&#8221;&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_id=&#8221;pic-with-text-box-right&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1667376019123{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1755861977332{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;alignitemcenteR&#8221;][vc_column_inner tm_zindex=&#8221;&#8221; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680252905860{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;12720&#8243; 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