USD and EUR business account for 
Rwandan companies.
Altitude is a global business account that exporters, tech companies, and other companies registered in Rwanda can open online. Get USD and EUR accounts, global payments and FX, corporate cards, bill pay, invoicing, and accounting in one place.
Open online from anywhere. Use your Rwandan entity, with no need to open a US entity.
$1.5B annualized payment volume.
Free to open and to receive, with no setup or monthly fee.
USD and EUR account details for your Rwandan company.
- Each USD account has its own US routing and account numbers for ACH, ACH Same Day, and wire.
- Separate SWIFT details per account for clients whose banks are outside the US.
- EUR accounts come with a SEPA IBAN for clients across Europe.
- Open more accounts for a product line or a client, each with separate details.
Pay suppliers abroad from the same balance.
- Send USD by SWIFT to banks in 190+ countries, arriving within five business days.
- Pay EUR invoices from suppliers in Europe by SEPA, straight from your EUR account.
- Local payments by SPEI in Mexico, Pix in Brazil, Bre-B in Colombia, and Faster Payments in the UK.
- To send money to your bank in Rwanda, send USD by SWIFT.
Apply as a company registered with RDB.
- A private company (Ltd), a public limited company, or a company limited by guarantee applies with its RDB certificate and company code, which is also its TIN.
- Business verification checks the company, each shareholder with 25% or more, and at least one control person, such as the managing director.
- Name a physical operating address, such as an office or a factory. A P.O. box or virtual office doesn’t count.
What you need to open an account online.
RDB certificate
Your certificate of incorporation from RDB, with the company code that doubles as your TIN.
Shareholder register
A register showing 100% of ownership. If you made it yourself, a control person signs it.
Invoice, contract, or deck
An invoice or contract naming the company, dated within six months, or a current pitch deck.
Lease or WASAC bill
A lease, or a WASAC water bill no more than three months old, for the office you work from.
National ID or passport
Owners with 25% or more verify by email, with a national ID or passport and a live selfie.
Check your Altitude eligibility
Secure from the ground up.
Your business controls the account
Your account is fully controlled by you. Altitude cannot access or move your funds.
Approvals enforced
by codeSet member permissions and approval thresholds for your workspace. Every transaction follows the rules you set and requires the right approvals before it can go through.
Secure access for every team member
Individual accounts are protected by configurable MFA and passkeys, with optional hardware security keys like YubiKey.
Global access through licensed partners
Altitude works with licensed payment providers and established global financial institutions worldwide.
Run all your Rwandan company finances from one account.
- Payments Pay suppliers abroad by SWIFT, SEPA, or local transfer, with the rate shown before you send.
- Cards and spend management Give your team virtual cards with the limits you set.
- Bill pay Forward supplier bills, approve them, and pay them from your balance.
- Accounting Deposits and payments arrive with a suggested category, ready to sync to QuickBooks or Xero.
- Invoicing Invoice clients in USD or EUR with your account details printed on every invoice.
Yes. Rwanda is supported for USD accounts, EUR accounts, SWIFT payments, and cards. A company registered with RDB can apply online for a USD and EUR business account for Rwandan companies. The accounts are enabled once Altitude has verified the company and its owners.
No. You open the account with your Rwandan entity and its own documents: its RDB certificate of incorporation with its company code, a register of its shareholders, an invoice, contract, or pitch deck, and a lease or utility bill for its office. You don’t need a US entity.
Exporters, tech companies, agencies, service companies, and any other company registered with RDB. Each one applies online with its RDB certificate and company code, which is also its TIN, then gets USD and EUR accounts, global payments, and corporate cards in one workspace.
You get a USD business account and a euro business account for your company in Rwanda. Every USD account you open has its own US routing and account numbers, which take ACH, ACH Same Day, and wire, plus its own SWIFT details for banks outside the US. Every EUR account has its own SEPA IBAN. Payers use your registered company name and send SWIFT payments in USD.
It’s free to open, with no setup or monthly fee. Receiving ACH, wire, SEPA, and SWIFT payments is free, and you see the cost of every payment you send before you approve it.
Send USD by SWIFT to the account your company holds with a bank in Rwanda. It arrives within five business days. If that account is in another currency, your bank may convert the payment.
To open the account online, you’ll need:
- Your RDB certificate of incorporation, showing the company code that also serves as your TIN.
- A register of shareholders that accounts for 100% of ownership, signed by a control person if you prepared it yourself.
- An invoice or contract that names the company, dated within six months. A current pitch deck works if you have neither yet.
- A lease, or a WASAC water bill no more than three months old, for your office. A fully remote team can use an owner’s home address with a recent bank statement.
- A national ID or passport and a live selfie from every shareholder at 25% or above, through an emailed link.
A USD account at a Rwandan bank is held in Rwanda. With Altitude, your company holds US account numbers, a SWIFT route, and an IBAN for SEPA, which lets clients in the US and Europe pay the way they pay suppliers at home. Payments to suppliers abroad leave that balance too.
Yes. Your RDB-registered company can open more USD or EUR accounts in the same workspace, each with its own account details. Deposits land in the account whose details you shared, and you choose which account pays each supplier.
No. Altitude is a financial technology platform, not a bank. Your company gets a global business account with USD and EUR account details and payments abroad.
Open a USD and EUR business account for your Rwandan company.
Apply online with your company’s documents.