[chief444]

Chapstick,

There's really no easy way to do what you're asking. Believe me I've checked. I have a checking & savings account in a US bank and the same in a Canadian bank. But since I actually reside in Canada now I can't get my online money to my US account. I've found it's easiest just to do an EFT between the banks whenever I desire to do so with any reasonable amount. You could check around to compare different Canadian USD account fees and do that if you find something reasonable. For me though I just keep the US acct's now to cover my taxes. It's sort of an insurance policy for me to keep tax money in both rather than betting on the exchange. Although frankly I'm glad I transferred most of my US acct to Canadian when I did b/c I've made money as the exchange rate has steadily gotten better for the CAD. I honestly don't expect that to change with the oil industry still strong. But you never know for sure. Anyway, the Canadian banks have USD acct's just for people like you. But a lot of people I know here (Canadians) that travel to the US frequently find it less expensive and much more convenient to just open a US account in the US. You should be able to do this if you desire with a passport and other basic forms of ID (driver's license, etc.). If you do that it's your money and you could move back and forth I'm assuming between there and an interest bearing ING USD account.

But Neteller/FirePay have strict rules against transferring money to an account for a Canadian that isn't in CAD. I can't even do what your asking as a US citizen.

BTW Party >>> CAD account is the way to go. For some reason Party always seems to give a favorable exchange rate.

Chief