Why can't ePass and sponsors send money to candian bank accounts?
 

I got a message from pimproll saying they're looking into adding ACH to US banks. If PayPal can transfer my money into my Canadian bank account, why can't epass and others?

because it's not Candian

Automated Clearing House (ACH) is an electronic network for financial transactions in the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Clearing_House

the Federal Reserve Banks are collectively the nation's largest automated clearinghouse operator and in 2005 processed 60% of commercial interbank ACH transactions. The Electronic Payments Network (EPN), the only private sector ACH operator in the U.S., processed the remaining 40%.

between Jung and Fatfoo your superego might get hurt :winkwink:

Right.. But in no way does that answer my question.

Because Paypal is a bank [of sorts] and epass isn't?

:1orglaugh

Totally different processes, and totally different banking accounts. I've done this before when I setup a (failed) company. Not sure about the US, but with Canadian banks you need:

- Deposit ACH - Canada
- Withdraw ACH - Canada
- Deposit ACH - USA
- Withdraw ACH - USA

You need all four accounts, and the transaction processing between Canada & US is quite a bit different. That, and I highly doubt US banks are as convieniently setup to handle transactions to Canada, compared to vice versa. Most banks in the US don't give a shit about a Canada, where Canadian banks will go the extra mile to accomodate US transfers.