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  1. ZLucky93 ZLucky93 is offline

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 7:22pm)

    Hey guys, does anyone know of a bank that has locations in the USA and Canada? I tried several banks, BOA, Chase, and other big name banks but they only have locations in USA. Any help is appreciated!
     
  2. z06fanatic z06fanatic is offline

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 8:16pm) in reply to ZLucky93

    how does bank of america not have locations in other countries? seems odd
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  3. CaribbeanKid CaribbeanKid is offline

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 11:26pm) in reply to z06fanatic

    There is no BOA in Canada as far as I know.

    Try TD Bank or RBC, pretty sure those 2 Cdn. banks are everywhere.
     
  4. WeLOVEtilt WeLOVEtilt is offline

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 11:33pm) in reply to CaribbeanKid

    I have an RBC account, good way to go :D
  5. P0LarAcE P0LarAcE is offline

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    Aug 7th, 2012 (8/7/2012 12:02am) in reply to WeLOVEtilt

    TD
     
  6. Gags30 Gags30 is offline

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    Aug 7th, 2012 (8/7/2012 4:40am) in reply to P0LarAcE

    TD bank exists in both countries, however in the US they are "TD Bank" and in canada they are "TD Canada Trust". even though they're both "TD", theyr'e actually separate companies and you can't access your accounts from the other. i.e. if you have a TD account in the US and you go up a branch in canada, you can't access your account. sure, your atm card will work in their machine, but your atm card will work in basically any bank's machine all across the world

    they claim they're gonna eventually become 1 country or at least have the ability to access both accounts, but they're probably a few years off from that



    edit: why are you asking this question, what are you trying to do?
    Edited By: Gags30 Aug 7th, 2012 at 04:41 AM
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  7. yarbles yarbles is offline

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    Aug 7th, 2012 (8/7/2012 10:46am) in reply to Gags30

    Scotia bank is best choice they have a relationship with bofa and can make withdrawals in the states against your scotia account. Plus they were the most lax in allowing me to open account. Try the location on sherboucke and don't be shy about telling them it's for online poker and u should be all set.
    Edited By: yarbles Aug 7th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
  8. pokerproplaya08 pokerproplaya08 is offline

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    Aug 8th, 2012 (8/8/2012 12:06pm) in reply to yarbles

    RBC is your best bet
  9. kteller8 kteller8 is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2012 (8/9/2012 4:00am) in reply to pokerproplaya08

    RBC here in the south sold out to PDC or something like that.. when i called they said it was separate business' now
  10. tedSTRETCH tedSTRETCH is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2012 (8/9/2012 4:35pm) in reply to yarbles

     
    Originally Posted by yarbles View Post

    Scotia bank is best choice they have a relationship with bofa and can make withdrawals in the states against your scotia account. Plus they were the most lax in allowing me to open account. Try the location on sherboucke and don't be shy about telling them it's for online poker and u should be all set.

    Scotia bank also has numerous locations in Costa Rica fwiw
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  11. ZLucky93 ZLucky93 is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2012 (8/9/2012 11:05pm) in reply to CaribbeanKid

     
    Originally Posted by CaribbeanKid View Post

    There is no BOA in Canada as far as I know.

    Try TD Bank or RBC, pretty sure those 2 Cdn. banks are everywhere.

    Yep confirmed, as I called BOA before I made the post
     
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  12. ZLucky93 ZLucky93 is offline

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    Aug 9th, 2012 (8/9/2012 11:06pm) in reply to Gags30

     
    Originally Posted by Gags30 View Post

    TD bank exists in both countries, however in the US they are "TD Bank" and in canada they are "TD Canada Trust". even though they're both "TD", theyr'e actually separate companies and you can't access your accounts from the other. i.e. if you have a TD account in the US and you go up a branch in canada, you can't access your account. sure, your atm card will work in their machine, but your atm card will work in basically any bank's machine all across the world

    they claim they're gonna eventually become 1 country or at least have the ability to access both accounts, but they're probably a few years off from that

    edit: why are you asking this question, what are you trying to do?

    Yep this also true, I called TD bc afaik it stands for Toronto Dominion . I am relocating to canada to grind online and want to put $ in the bank so I can set up ASAP
     
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  13. smcrawford2 smcrawford2 is offline The Decision Tree

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    Aug 10th, 2012 (8/10/2012 1:18am) in reply to ZLucky93

    national bank has a few locations outside canada. thinking mexico city, miami, maybe new york. it's on their website somewhere
     
  14. TheMiltMan TheMiltMan is online now

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    Aug 10th, 2012 (8/10/2012 6:27am) in reply to smcrawford2

    I now have an HSBC account and would suggest going that route. Initially I opened a RBC account, I did no transfers to or from poker accounts with it and only used it for grocery, coffee, etc type transactions. Yet 3 weeks later they forced me to close it claiming they had done a background check on me, found out I was a poker player, and in light of possible money laundering could not keep the account open. I post this because I find their action incredibly unjust...but it is what it is...enlightenment ftw.
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