2. Complete the Personal Account Application and sign it.
3. Provide us with a personal cheque, as your first Advantage Account deposit, drawn on your account at another Canadian financial institution. Minimum deposit is $25.
Note: If there is more than one account owner, the personal cheque must be drawn on a joint account or include one cheque for each account owner.
4. You must complete a Funds Transfer Agreement form and submit with a void personalized cheque for each bank account with which you wish to be able to transfer funds via Manulife Bank's Internet or telephone banking.
5. If you are opening the account on behalf of a third party, please complete the Third party identification form.
Submitting the Forms
Mail the completed forms to:
GICdirect.com 101-1175 Cook Street Victoria, B.C. V8V 4A1 Canada
You can expect to receive access cards and personalized cheques (if requested) within 15 business days from the date the application was received by Manulife Bank.
Contact us
If you have questions about the Advantage Account, you can:
Phone GICdirect.com between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time at 1-877-551-RATE (7283); or
Now you can have security, flexibility and growth in your bank account. Advantage Account pays a premium interest rate no matter what your account balance.
Premium interest rate
Easy access to funds
ABM withdrawals and direct payment purchases
Online bill payments
Transfer funds between your Manulife Bank accounts, or to and from your account at another financial institution
24 hour a day access with Telephone and Internet Banking
No set up or maintenance fees
**The current variable annual rate is applied to all funds in the account. Interest is calculated on the total daily closing balance and paid monthly.
As an authorized distributor for ING Bank of Canada, GICDirect.com offers clients a selection of high interest rate savings accounts.