If a Japanese doesnt have an english name, will the bank require him to have a diff signature?

Question

if a Japanese will open a bank account or apply for insurance and he doesnt have any english name, will the bank or insurance company require him to have a signature other than his signature with japanese characters?

Answer 1

No....your signature is whatever you want it to be or look like....unique.  Just because you have a japanese name doesnt mean you have to sign your papers w/ japanese characters.  There are people who open an account using their 1st and last name but sign papers using their middle and last name.  

What ever  you want your signature to be is your choice but after you select a signature you have to consistently use it in the same manner as the original one so that the bank will be able to detect fraud, if someone else tries to steal your identity and use your account.

Answer 2

He'll need to be able to write it phonetically in an alphabet for the country he's using.

Answer 3

Characters I would have thought would be fine, your name is your name.

Answer 4

no it would have to be in english characters so he would either have to get it translated or a new name.

Answer 5

Sorry Im no banker, but I live in Asia and when banking I was usually required to sign my character name so they could read it. My GUESS is that they`ll make him sign up under the english phonetic of his name, but you`d really have to ask the bank. sorry i couldnt be more help!

Answer 6

He has a name.  They would probably require that the name be romanized (translated into Roman characters).

Answer 7

Why do you think a signature has to use only the Roman (English) alphabet to be valid?

Of course a person can use any characters they want.

But, it is also possible to write any Japanese name using the Roman alphabet - and a Japanese person may use that spelling as their signature where necessary.

Besides which - banks in Japan don't even require signatures - we use a seal (stamp) as the id verification.  It's easier to verify than a signature - which varies every time - but it is less secure in a way - since it is easier for somebody to use my seal than it is to copy my signature.

Answer 8

No