Offer for newcomers to Canada
- Up to 3 years with no monthly fees
- Enjoy $100 cashback when you open a chequing account¹
Receive $100 cashback directly in your new account thanks to the partnership between pvtistes.net and National Bank of Canada².
Fill out the secure form from your country in 5 minutes, up to 90 days before your arrival in Canada.
Within a few days, you will receive a confirmation email for your account opening.
Upon your arrival in Canada, book an in-person appointment to finalize your account opening.
Take advantage of this offer and get much more than just a bank account!
- Access an international wire transfer service⁴.
- Open an account from your country.
- Make a transfer before you leave.
- Access your funds as soon as you arrive.
- Save on your banking fees.
- Receive guidance before and after you arrive in Canada with our practical guide and from our advisors.
- Access a network of over 2,800 ATMs across the country.
Why choose National Bank of Canada?
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Social: We enrich communities
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Governance: We govern according to the highest standards
Q&A
Details and conditions of the $100 cashback offer
During the promotion period, open a first chequing account as the main account holder using the redirection link on this page and sign up for the offer for newcomers.
Within 150 days of opening the chequing account and signing up for the eligible package/offer, complete the following 3 steps:
- Sign up for online banking
- Carry out 10 eligible transactions, including:
- Debit card purchases
- Bill payments using your online banking or the National Bank mobile app.
The following transactions are excluded:
Refund of purchases (Interac®)
Reimbursement of fees
Flat monthly fee
Account handling charges
- Maintain this package for newcomers for at least 120 days after opening the new chequing account.
You must not have a chequing account, CAD Progress Account, Crescendo Account®, The Strategist Account®, The Natcan Strategist Account, Special Project Savings Account, Superior Flex Line Program®, Home Improvement Line of Credit, Personal line of credit, All-In-One Line of Credit®, or must not have had a National Bank High Interest Savings Account, alone or jointly in the past 36 months.
Other conditions:
- You can receive only one cashback for this chequing account.
- You must be at least 18 years old when you open the new chequing account through our digital solutions.
- You need to keep the new chequing account for at least 12 months starting when the chequing account is opened. If you don’t meet this condition, you’ll have to reimburse a portion of the cashback for the product you didn’t maintain corresponding to the period still remaining.
- You must keep your National Bank chequing account in good standing until the cashback is deposited into the new chequing account. For the purpose of this promotion, a chequing account is not in good standing if:
- It is overdrawn, meaning it has an unauthorized negative balance.
- It has been used in an inappropriate, unauthorized, illegal or abusive manner, as described in section 8.7 of the National Bank Deposit Account Agreement.
- You must not be employed by National Bank, CWB® or one of its subsidiaries. Spouses of employees are also not eligible.
- This promotion may be modified or withdrawn without prior notice.
- This promotion cannot be combined with any other National Bank cashback promotion applicable to chequing accounts or banking packages. However, it can be combined with another eligible National Bank credit card, mortgage loan, mortgage insurance, or investment promotion.
When will the cashback be paid to your chequing account?
How long does it take to receive a debit card?
The delivery time for a credit card is 5 to 7 business days if you apply online, and 7 to 10 business days if you fill out a paper form at one of our branches.
Details and conditions of the bank account
Minimum savings of $334.92 over 3 years
You can save at least $334.92 over 3 years if you meet all the following conditions:
- Visit a branch to open a bank account and
- sign up for the Newcomers to Canada package
$334.92 savings over 3 years:
- Year 1: No flat monthly fee (save $15.95/month for 12 months)
- Year 2: A flat monthly fee of $7.98 instead of $15.95 (save $7.97/month for 12 months)
- Year 3: A flat monthly fee of $11.96 instead of $15.95 (save $3.99/month for 12 months)
The monthly fee of $15.95 for your banking package will be charged as of the fourth year. To be eligible for this savings, you must maintain the account and package for at least 36 months. You will no longer qualify for the discount if you don’t keep these products.
Maximum savings of $671.30 over 3 years
You can save up to $671.30 over 3 years if you meet all the following conditions:
- Visit a branch to open a bank account
- Sign up for the Newcomers to Canada package
- During the first year after you sign up for the Newcomers to Canada package
- Apply for and activate a qualifying personal National Bank Mastercard® credit card3
- Sign up for eStatements
During the second and third years after you sign up for the Newcomers to Canada package:
- Set up direct deposit in your National Bank account and receive your salary in the account at least once a month or
- Make at least two electronic bill payments monthly from this account.
The $671.30 savings over 3 years means the following fees will not be charged:
- The flat monthly fee for the Newcomers to Canada package for 3 years ($15.95/month for 36 months)
- The fee for your first order of cheques ($67.10/order)
- Account statements by mail free of charge for the first year ($30)
- The monthly fee of $15.95 for your banking package will be charged as of the fourth year.
Decrease of the savings
- To benefit from the full savings amount, you must maintain all those products and services and carry out the qualifying transactions for at least 36 months, unless otherwise indicated. If you don’t meet the conditions of the offer, your savings will be lower. If you don’t make your first cheque order, your savings will be lower.
Furthermore, if during any given month, you maintain your account and package but you don’t maintain one of the other products and services or if you don’t carry out the required transactions (for example if you make one bill payment instead of two), the Bank will charge you the service fee for the month. The monthly fee will be $7.98/month the second year and $11.96/month the third year. You will still benefit from a discount of $7.97/month the second year and $3.99/month the third year.
Finally, if you no longer have the account or the package you will no longer be eligible for the savings
Is it possible to open a joint account and still receive the $100 CAD?
To take advantage of this deal, is it mandatory to use the pvtistes.net link?
Legal disclaimers
™ National Bank Assistance Network is a trademark of National Bank of Canada used under licence by authorized third parties.
® Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. Authorized user: National Bank of Canada.
1. You can take advantage of the Offer for Newcomers if you immigrated to Canada within the past 5 years. For full offer terms and conditions, see the "Details and conditions of the offer" section. The Bank may modify, extend or withdraw the offer at any time without notice. The offer may not be combined or used with any other National Bank offer, promotion or benefit. Fees may apply for transactions not included in the Offer for Newcomers. For details of transaction fees, see the Fee Guide [PDF].
2. Certain conditions apply. Visit the Conditions of the $100 cashback offer for details.
3.
- Be a newcomer aged 18 or older
- Apply to open an account from your home country or within 5 years of arriving in Canada
- Be the sole user of the account
4. The Mastercard® and Interac® International Transfer service is available at a cost of $5.95 per transaction, regardless of the account you hold. The amount received by the recipient may differ from the amount sent, as intermediary or recipient banks may deduct their fees directly from the original transfer amount. This service allows you to send money to the United States, India, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the following 19 countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.
5. The telephone assistance service offered by National Bank Assistance Network™ is available for 12 months from your account opening date. The content of the packages and terms described are subject to change.
6. Financing subject to credit approval by National Bank. Certain conditions apply. Eligible credit cards: mycredit®, MC1, Allure, Syncro, Platinum, Echo Cashback, World and World Elite.
7. A security deposit may be required under certain circumstances.
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Good morning,
I am about to open a bank account at the BNC. However, I was wondering whether it is possible to make the first transfer of money to come and deposit it in cash in a branch?
THANKS
Hello Delphine,
Yes, you can deposit cash at the branch counter.
However, beforehand, and if you want to take advantage of the Pvtistes offer, you must pre-open your account online (see the conditions on this page to obtain the 100 CAD in your bank account).
You can then go to your branch after receiving your account opening confirmation (within 72 hours maximum).
If you need more information, do not hesitate to contact me by MP.
Good day,
vanessa
Good morning,
Following an online BNC account opening in April and after having finalized the procedures in branch when we arrived at the beginning of June, we had a few questions about this offer: do we get the $100 after 3 months since the online opening? or since the first use of the card? Once the debit card has been used for various purchases, do we have to contact the BNC to benefit from the offer or is this done automatically? Thank you in advance for your feedback =)
Good morning,
You have a period of 120 days following the opening of the account to fulfill all the conditions of the offer in order to obtain the cash back
The remittance will be made to your National Bank checking account no later than 150 days following the opening of the checking account.
No need to contact us to notify us, this is done automatically.
Good morning,
You have a period of 120 days following the opening of the account to fulfill all the conditions of the offer in order to obtain the cash back
The remittance will be made to your National Bank checking account no later than 150 days following the opening of the checking account.
No need to contact us to notify us, this is done automatically.
Hello, arrived in Canada in May, I opened my account online with the Pvtiste offer for the 100dollars with BNC, I have not made a transaction yet (receiving money is it a transaction?) thank you
Hello Iona, I hope your arrival is going well! Receiving money is not an eligible transaction, but any withdrawal is (purchase with your card, dispatched transfer, bill payment, withdrawal at the counter, etc…) Do not hesitate to write to us in private if you have more questions!
Hello, I can’t find how to take advantage of the offer, even the adviser did not manage to inform me.
Good morning,
To take advantage of expanded you must pre-open your online account from the link above.
The offer is made automatically, to know all the conditions you can read the section “conditions of the discount of 100 cad”
I hope to have answered your question.
Good morning,
My spouse and I followed the entire process for opening the account remotely, with the offer reserved for newcomers. How soon can we expect to get the $100 welcome?
Moreover, I would like to point out that the branch advisors are not at all informed of this offer. They don’t even know what the Pvtistes group is!
Maybe we should pass the info on to them 🙂
The advisor was going to open a classic account for us, from the beginning, when we had already pre-opened our account and we already had an account number… he also told us that the first transfer made from our French account was free. , but we were billed $20 each for the costs of receiving the transfer…
Otherwise everything works quite simply thanks to the application.
THANKS
Clementine
Hello Clementine,
The deadline for obtaining the 100 CAD is a maximum of 150 days after your identification. You must meet the conditions set out at the end of this page under the heading “conditions for obtaining the 100 CAD”.
We are doing what is necessary to ensure that branch advisors are aware of the offer for new arrivals “special Pvtistes”. Please pass on the information.
As for the fee of 20 CAD, it is charged to you because it is an international transfer. The 100 CAD will cover 5 international transfers :).
I hope I have answered your questions and remain available by PM if you have any other questions.
Good day,
vanessa
Many thanks to Vanessa
A very responsive person who was able to settle my little misadventure thanks to a professional but also warm exchange. Vanessa is a reassuring woman who has great advice and good energy <3
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