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The United States → Canada corridor (USD → CAD) settles in same business day common (fedwire → cds). This guide covers timing, costs, the correspondent banks involved, and how to track any payment in real time on Ohmyfin.
Speed: Same business day common (FedWire → CDS). SWIFT GPI same-currency payments inside this corridor often settle in minutes; cross-currency payments going through a USD or EUR intermediary add 6–24 hours.
Cost: USD 15–35 wire fee + ~0.5–1.5% FX spread. The wire fee comes from your bank; the FX spread is the difference between the mid-market rate and the rate the bank gives you. SWIFT GPI fee transparency rules now require participating banks to publish their fees up front.
Routing: US-Canada is one of the fastest, lowest-friction corridors. Most US banks have direct nostro relationships with the Big 6 Canadian banks (RBC ROYCCAT2, TD TDOMCATT, BMO BOFMCAM2, Scotia NOSCCATT, CIBC CIBCCATT, National BNDCCAMM).
Tracking: every payment in this corridor carries a 36-character UETR (Unique End-to-end Transaction Reference). Paste the UETR into the Ohmyfin homepage tracker and you will see the latest available SWIFT status in seconds — including which correspondent bank holds the funds, when they were credited, and any rejection reason code.
Same business day common (FedWire → CDS). SWIFT GPI ensures most payments are credited the same business day, but compliance screening, missing data and time-zone cut-offs can extend it.
USD 15–35 wire fee + ~0.5–1.5% FX spread. Choose charges instruction OUR (originator pays all) for predictable amounts on the receiving side.
Most often: compliance screening at a USD/EUR intermediary, time-zone cut-off, or missing originator/purpose data. Track the UETR on Ohmyfin to see exactly which bank is holding it.
Paste the 36-character UETR (from your MT103 or pacs.008 confirmation) into the Ohmyfin tracker. Latest available SWIFT status — settled, in flight, pending or rejected — in seconds.
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