CAD Business Account

A Canadian dollar account for a business that earns and spends at home. Hold Canadian dollars as the primary balance, pay domestic suppliers from it, and keep global payment flows in the same place instead of splitting them across a second bank.

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What Slows Canadian Business Down

A limited currency set

Some platforms hold and settle in a limited set of currencies, so Canadian dollar revenue can arrive converted and then need converting again to be spent at home.

Conversion on the way home

Revenue converted at whatever rate applied that day, then converted back to settle a domestic invoice, pays two spreads on money that only had to travel one way.

Two banking relationships

A domestic bank for the home currency and a separate global platform for everything else means two logins, two fee schedules and a reconciliation that closes late.

Why Businesses Choose Fenryx for Canadian Dollars

A Canadian dollar balance of its own

Canadian dollars are held as Canadian dollars and domestic invoices are settled out of them, instead of being converted back and forth around every payment.

You approve the conversion cost

Moving between currencies is a conversion where the rate and the applicable cost are confirmed before you approve it — not a margin applied out of view afterwards.

Pay counterparties in their own currency

CAD sits beside USD, EUR and the rest of a multi-currency account, so a domestic supplier and a contractor abroad are both paid from the same profile.

Details for money coming in

Where third parties have to pay your company directly, a dedicated IBAN account carries payment details of its own, kept separate from the balance you pay out of.

Records your finance team can follow

Every payment carries a status on the platform and periods export with the detail intact, so a month closes from a file rather than from guesswork.

One company profile, run from Vancouver

Balances, payments and approvals live in one place, with a Canadian money services business registered with FINTRAC behind them. Apply online through KYB review; documents are sent remotely.

How It Works at Fenryx

Two layers sit behind a Canadian dollar account and they do different jobs. The balance holds the funds and is what outgoing payments are made from; it is funded from the company's own accounts. A dedicated IBAN account is what third parties pay into. Each payment leaves over the rail that suits the destination and carries a status your financial team can follow.

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Money out CAD balance

Funded from the company's own accounts. Domestic invoices and outgoing payments are settled from here.

Money in Dedicated IBAN account

What third parties pay into, kept separate from the balance. See IBAN account.

Fenryx is operated from Vancouver by a Canadian money services business registered with FINTRAC, so the Canadian dollar is the primary balance here rather than a currency bolted on at the end. It sits inside a multi-currency account, beside the other currencies a company earns and pays in.

Moving between them is a conversion: the rate and the applicable cost are confirmed before you approve it, rather than applied out of view. The same platform handles global payouts, so a company paying a domestic supplier and a contractor abroad does both here. Onboarding runs online through KYB review, with no bank branch visit, and the currencies enabled are agreed with you rather than published as a list.

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Who Holds Canadian Dollars

Companies settling at home

Canadian dollar funds are held as CAD and used to settle domestic invoices, so nothing converts before you decide it should.

Importers paying global suppliers

Domestic revenue converts once, with the rate and applicable cost confirmed before approval, then the payment leaves for the supplier's market.

Exporters bringing revenue home

Foreign income lands in a balance of its own and is converted to Canadian dollars at a time the company chooses, rather than automatically on arrival.

Finance teams consolidating

One platform replacing a domestic bank plus a global provider, with financial reporting in one export. See international business accounts.

Billing in Canadian dollars already?

Tell us who pays you in Canadian dollars and who you pay abroad, and we will confirm what is available before paperwork starts.

Open a CAD business account

How to Open One

Application

Tell us about the company and how money moves through it.

KYB review

The company and its beneficial owners are verified.

Setup

The CAD balance and platform users are configured.

First payment

Fund the balance and make your first payment.

Fees, Rates and What to Compare

Figures are quoted per account at onboarding — see how pricing works.

Fees

Account feeQuoted per company
Transaction feeQuoted per account
ConversionRate and applicable cost confirmed before you approve
LimitsConfirmed at onboarding

Compare across providers

  • Per-transaction fees, by rail and by destination
  • Whether the FX cost sits beside the rate or inside it
  • Which currencies a global provider actually holds, rather than only converts
  • How the rate is quoted, and at what point it is fixed
  • Whether financial reporting exports keep every reference
  • Which global corridors a provider actually runs

Who Can Hold a CAD Balance

Registered legal entities only; we do not open personal accounts. A company need not be Canadian to hold Canadian dollars, because the balance follows the currency, not the place of registration.

It does depend on business type, jurisdiction and the outcome of KYB review, and financial crime screening continues for the life of the relationship. No currency or rate is guaranteed beforehand.

Who we cannot onboard

  • Anonymous accounts and exchange services
  • Anything built to obscure where funds came from
  • Goods and services whose circulation is restricted
  • Organisations with no commercial purpose
  • Persons and structures subject to sanctions

A summary. See our AML Policy.

Questions About Canadian Dollars

What is a CAD business account?

A company balance denominated in Canadian dollars, funded from the company's own accounts and used for outgoing payments and domestic invoices. Where a business needs to be paid by third parties, a dedicated IBAN account sits alongside it.

Can a business open one online?

The application is online and documents are sent remotely. Every company opens through KYB review, so it goes live once that review is complete rather than on a timetable we could promise.

Is Fenryx a bank?

No. Fenryx is a payment account provider operated by Globally United Tech Corporation, a money services business registered with FINTRAC in Canada. Balances held with Fenryx are not bank deposits and are not covered by deposit insurance.

Can I hold Canadian dollars and other currencies together?

Yes. CAD is the primary balance and other currencies sit alongside it, which is what makes a multi-currency account useful for global trade. On every conversion the rate and the applicable cost are confirmed before you approve it.

What fees and rates should I compare?

Per-transaction fees, and how the conversion cost is presented against the rate. Figures are quoted per company, following the currencies and volumes involved. For dollar and euro flows see the USD business account and the EUR business account.