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Send an Interac e-Transfer®
Send money in a few easy steps — all you need is the recipient's email or mobile phone number.
Send an e-Transfer quickly and conveniently through online banking.
- Log in to online banking.
- Under Pay & Transfer in the top navigation bar of online banking, find the subhead Interac e-Transfer® and select Send e-Transfer to be redirected to the Send money online banking page.
- From the Send money page, select an account from where you want the money to come from.
- Under Transfer to, choose
- Select an Added contact from the drop-down list. If no contacts appear in the drop-down list, click on the Add Contact button at the top right which will bring you to the Add contact page. Learn how to add and Manage contacts.
- Enter the amount to send and a message (optional).
- Choose an e-Transfer type (immediate, future-dated, or recurring). You will also have the option to add details about the transfer.
For future-dated e-Transfers, you will be prompted to enter a payment date.
• For recurring e-Transfers, you will be prompted to indicate the frequency of the transfers by entering the number of transfers in the given period in the ”once every box”, followed by the frequency from the drop-down menu.
• You can then enter the start and end dates.
• Select Continue to proceed to the confirmation page or Cancel to exit. - From the confirmation page, select
- Continue to confirm and send the money (complete the transaction).
- Back to make edits, or
- Cancel to exit.
- From the Conclusion page, you can confirm that the money successfully sent. From here you can also,
- Print,
- Email,
- Export a PDF of the transaction,
- Add the transaction to your favourites, or
- Navigate to:
- Homepage
- Transfer funds,
- Pay bills
- Request e-Transfer
- View pending e-Transfers
- Manage contacts
- Under Pay & Transfer in the bottom navigation, select Interac e-Transfer®, and select Send e-Transfer to open the Send money screen.
- Select a Source account from where you want the money to come from.
- Under Transfer to,
- choose an Added contacts* and select your contact from the contact list.
- If the contact uses autodeposit you will be notified.
- If the contact does not use autodeposit the security question will be displayed.
- Enter an amount
- Include a message (optional)
- choose an Added contacts* and select your contact from the contact list.
- Choose an e-Transfer type (immediate, future-dated, or recurring). You will also have the option to add details about the transfer.
For future-dated e-Transfers, you will be prompted to enter a payment date.
• For recurring e-Transfers, you will be prompted to indicate the frequency of the transfers by entering the number of transfers in the given period in the ”once every box”, followed by the frequency from the drop-down menu.
• You can then enter the start and end dates.
• Select Continue at the bottom of the page. - Confirm the e-Transfer details are correct and,
- Select Continue to proceed
- Select the back arrow in the top left-hand corner to edit or exit the Send Money process.
- After your money has been successfully sent, choose to,
- Share the transaction details via pdf, email, or through apps on your device.
- Add the transaction to your Favourites
- View the transaction details
- Select Done to return to the Pay & Transfer screen.
*To add a contact to your e-Transfer list you can click the Add contact button at the top right which will bring you to the Add contact section. For instructions, see Manage e-Transfer Contacts.
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