Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU)
Applies the ruleUruguay's state-owned bank, and the usual first stop for a new arrival opening an account. Publishes its own account-opening requirements, including the conditions it applies to foreigners and non-residents.
The body that applies the rule and decides applications. It publishes what it requires, which is authoritative about its own practice but is not the text of the law.
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It speaks for itself and for nobody else. These are one bank's commercial conditions, not regulation: the central bank sets the floor, and private banks set their own terms above it. A requirement published here tells you what BROU asks, not what Uruguayan law requires.
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- www.brou.com.uy/personas/requisitos-para-operar-con-el-banco
last read 2026-09-21