I have always had US dollar accounts at my Canadian Bank (the one with the lion and the ever changing name). US checks come in, get deposited, and STAY in US dollars. Most of my major business expenses are in US dollars, so I just write US dollar checks, so I don't get double fucked transfering to canadian and then back to US to pay bills.
My funniest one is paying off my US dollar credit card from the US account - they cannot do it automatically or directly online, I have to go to a teller to do it. They cannot handle US to US transactions in house. It takes like 10 pieces of paper to pay a visa bill with a check!
Wierd ass thing.
Alex
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