# I'm in Canada. What kind of offshore banks can I open remotely? **URL:** \ **Category:** Finances\ **Created:** [August 17, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/im-in-canada-what-kind-of-offshore-banks-can-i-open-remotely/3214 "2018-08-17T07:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tkrunning](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/tkrunning/32/9053_2.png) [@tkrunning](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tkrunning)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/im-in-canada-what-kind-of-offshore-banks-can-i-open-remotely/3214/2 "2018-08-24T13:51:50Z")
What’s your purpose for opening an offshore account? In any case, probably the easiest would probably be [TransferWise Borderless](https://nomadgate.com/go/wise-multicurrency) or LeoPay—although they aren’t really “proper” bank accounts. Yet they do function as bank accounts in most respects, and might be sufficient depending on why you need them in the first place. There are some more options in this thread: > [@What are your favorite banks and bank-like services around the world? money\_with\_wings](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-banks-and-bank-like-services-around-the-world/311/): > > I figured we could crowd-source the best options out there for travelers, both actual banks (such as [N26](https://nomadgate.com/go/n26/community/auto/), Charles Schwab, and Monzo) and other e-money providers (such as [Revolut](https://nomadgate.com/go/revolut), [Transferwise](https://nomadgate.com/go/wise) and LeoPay), that at least provide a bank-like account number (such as IBAN) and/or a payment card credit_card. Let’s focus on providers with one or more of the following characteristics: Low costs for international use (POS, ATMs, transfers, exchange) dollar_banknoteGood support and user friendly a… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/im-in-canada-what-kind-of-offshore-banks-can-i-open-remotely/3214)._