Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve

It seems that all the bank is asking epass to do is verify that

a) the person who is registered to the account is a real person
b) the person who has access to the money is the same person who the account is registered to.
c) the person who has access to the money and who is registered to the account has a legal residence in some country.

So, if you are a person, who legally resides somewhere in the world, are named on the account and are the person who has access to the money, you have no problem.

The only people who will not be able to comply are:

a) engaging in some kind of Tax evasion
b) using epassporte to launder ill-gotten funds
c) paranoid and should consider moving to a cabin in the woods, Unabomber style.

That's my 2cents.