Opening a bank account in the US for non-US citizens

[hulahoop]

Hello,

I'm not from the US. I often have request from customers wanting to send me cheques.

Does anyone know if it is possible for a foreigner to open a US bank account (if possibly via the net)? If yes, let me know how and where.

[scubasteve]

Probably at NetBank, they only operate on the internet.

[Mr Bo Jangles]

you have to have a US Social Security Number to open an a/c with NetBank

[lgn1]

Have anybody tried using their ITIN (which is basically a SSN for non-us residents) to open an account. My brother lives in florida 6 months a year, is a Canadian, has US bank accounts and US credit cards, but does not have a SSN. So their must be ways to open a US bank account without a SSN card.