...e-resident / Estonia has no tangible connection to this project that I can see.
Regarding the e-Residency project and tangible connection. Both Kaspar Korjus (Head of e-Residency), and Ott Vatter (Head of Global Growth) are openly supporting the project. Check out this recent tweet from the Head of e-Residency:
https://twitter.com/kasparkorjus/status/906142395221278725
There are also a variety of articles available, check out this one:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/change---the-first-decentralised-crypto-bank-for-e-residents-2017-09-04
I understand that e-Residency personnel are on your side and are promoting your project. But the article says, "In order for the marketplace to be regulatorily compliant, Change is building a multi-tiered standardized KYC (Know-Your-Customer) utility." This sentence implies that just being an "e-Resident" isn't enough for Change Bank KYC, that there will be other "tiers" of ID created by Change Bank outside of the e-Resident program.
So...will registering in Estonia's e-Resident program with its 100-Euro fee be required to obtain access to Change Bank services? Yes or No?
If the answer is no, then what is the point or advantage of having e-Residency here?
Hey,
Being an e-Resident means you have performed the most thorough KYC possible (last tier), which means you most probably do not have to perform additional KYC. So anyone who is an e-Resident gets easy access to investment services on the platform. People who aren't e-Residents have to carry out extensive KYC on the Change platform, so setting up an account just takes more time and customers need to send document copies. There are currently more than 22 000 e-Residents for whom the account setup is seamless and fast.
