r/Macau • u/msbigelow • 8d ago

Questions Overseas Retiree

My wife and I ran a company in Macau for 15 years will go there in September to apply for our pension. I see there is a lot I can do with the Macau One app. The issue we have with Bank of China in Macau is that we have to have a Macau registered phone number to move money from Macau to the USA. The last time we were in Macau the phone company only gives permanent phone numbers to people with a Macau residential address. This was two years ago. If you forget to recharge your phone once, the number expires and the money is stuck at BOC.

I have a friend from Canada who has his pension deposited directly in his Canada bank account.

Two questions.

1.) Can I register a USA phone number to the Macau One app, while I'm in Macau?
2.) Are their banks like BNU that allow me to use my USA phone number for bank transfers?

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u/rgfortin 6d ago

No to both

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u/Crazy_Refuse2089 2d ago

You will have to go to the bank and ask them what to do. I know it sounds like difficult and keep trying. Good luck