Banking in the US
Opening an Account
To open a bank account, you will need to apply in person at a local bank and provide the following items:
- Passport
- Your physical (street) address
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If you live on campus, look up the street address for your Residence Hall or the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Graduate Complex.
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Students living on campus will also need to provide the bank with your mailing address (students' will be assigned mailbox numbers). You can look up your mailbox number by going to the W&M Housing Portal. If you cannot locate your mailbox number in the Housing Portal, you may obtain the information by going personally to the campus post office. Mailing instructions can be found at W&M Postal Services.
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- W&M ID card (Optional. Some banks might offer benefits for students)
- Some banks require a Social Security Number (SSN) to open a bank account.
- This is a bank policy and not a federal regulation. Federal regulations allow one to open a bank account without an SSN provided that the customer completes a form W-8BEN. This form is available at the bank.
Local Banks
Bank of America
4690 Monticello Ave.; 3.9 km from W&M
1801 Richmond Rd.; 2.5 km from W&M
Truist
1186 Jamestown Road.; 0.5 km from W&M
4236 Monticello Ave.; 6.4 km from W&M
Wells Fargo Bank
ATM machine available at the Sadler Center
4690 Monticello Ave.; 3.9 km from W&M
1006 Richmond Rd.; 1.4 km from W&M
2469 George Washington Memorial Hwy (804) 642-2185; 3.5 km from VIMS
Most banks are usually open Monday through Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm, and some banks are open Saturdays from 9:00am-12:00 noon.
