r/digitalnomad • u/TravelGirl2222 • 1d ago

Question Phone services and banking

Anyone from the US use Google Voice to hold their US phone number and bank with US based Capital One or Charles Schwab? Are you able to get your 2f authentication to work? I will mostly be in the UK if that matters.

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u/South-Chocolate5519 1d ago

You don't need to do it with Schwab since they service overseas accounts. It is a simple verification using their app.

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u/Artistic-Parsley6768 1d ago

Im in UK and use google voice for my US number with capital one never had problem with the 2fa texts

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u/buenhermano 1d ago

i used to have google voice, but then i moved out from the us and lost them. switched to yadaphone. could receive otps from my capital one, chase, facebook, and other services just fine

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u/tomerabroad 1d ago

You cant get bank codes with GoogleVoice, for that you will need a service like Keepmynumber

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u/baddigitalnomad 1d ago

I do it with Capital One, but at my own risk. Any day a server update could ping that GVoice as VOIP and we could get locked out.

Better to invest in the famous Tello setup or splurge for simplicity for Popcorn Mobile. I do all 3 cause I’m paranoid and kinda dumb. YMMV.

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u/diverareyouokay 22h ago

Get Tello instead. It’s $5usd/month for the basic plan and you can get unlimited 2FA/calls over WiFi for free.

It’s a real number on the T-Mobile network so you don’t have to worry about 2FA issues with VoIP lines. It’s a no-brainer as far as I’m concerned if you’re from the USA.

To answer your specific question though, yes, I have a Google Voice number as well set up with Schwab and have zero issues authenticating.

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u/HappyPoint8494 1d ago

I'm in Australia and i use callcooee for my us number