Banks differ on rules for city IDs
Where accepted, Elm City IDs are only taken as secondary forms of identification
The Elm City ID card was established in May in part to facilitate the process by which undocumented immigrants can open bank accounts. But interviews with local banks indicate it may not have had its intended effect.
Amid confusion over federal policy toward cards such as New Haven’s, banks in the Elm City have declined to accept it as sufficient primary identification — and even in some cases a secondary identification — when residents apply for accounts, an investigation by the News has shown.
Meanwhile, general ignorance of banks’ varied policies prevents many...
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