How secure is it to send money by Interac e-Transfer?

In a nutshell, the Interac e-Transfer service enables you to send money online, securely and quickly to anyone with a Canadian deposit account and an email address or mobile phone.

You are not sending funds by email or text message; only the notification travels over the Internet to advise the recipient that the transfer has been initiated and to provide instructions on how to deposit the funds. Funds are transferred using Online Banking.

Your security responsibilities

Security is very important to us at Vancity and we do our best to help protect you. It’s important that our members be aware of their account and security responsibilities and the conditions applicable to e-Transfers as outlined in the Account & Services Guide (for personal accounts) and the Business Member Agreements (for business accounts).

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Are there limits to how much money I can send or receive in an Interac e-Transfer? How do I create or edit Interac e-Transfer Profiles? When I send an Interac e-Transfer, when will the recipient be notified they have access to the funds? How do I know if an Interac e-Transfer email or text I receive is real or spam?