Pay an invoice
You are a professional and want to pay an AMF invoice. Here’s how to go about it.
Payment by credit card
The AMF accepts the following credit cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Visa (debit) and prepaid cards.
Begin by signing in to E-Services. Then, under “Client File”, select “Statement of account” and “payment”.
- Select “Credit card” as the method of payment
- Click on “Pay”
- Enter your credit card information
- Click on “Process Transaction”
- A payment receipt will be sent to your secure message inbox
On-line payment through your financial institution
- Log into your online banking account
- Go to the “Pay Bills” section
- If it’s your first time, add the “Autorité des marchés financiers” as a payee, indicating your 10-digit AMF client number as the account number for bill payments. If you need help, contact your financial institution.
- Select “Autorité des marchés financiers” from your list of payees
- Make your payment
- Allow approximately 5 days for the AMF to receive your payment
When the AMF receives your payment, a receipt is generated and made available in the statement of account. No payment receipt will be sent to your secure message inbox.
The payment request is considered complete when the AMF receives your payment. You are responsible for taking processing time into account when you make your payment to ensure it is received on time.
You can pay your invoice on-line if you are signed up for on-line services with any of the following financial institutions:
- National Bank
- Desjardins
- TD
- Royal Bank
- Scotia
- CIBC
Use a credit balance or offset in your file
You may pay your invoice, in full or in part, using a credit balance in your file according to one of the situations below.
Begin by signing in to E-Services. Then, under “Client File”, select “Statement of account” and “payment”.
The credit amount available in your file is equal to the amount of the invoice to be paid
- Tick the credit balance in the “Pay” column
- Tick the invoice to be paid in the “Pay” column
- Click on the green “Calculate” button
- Select the “Offset” payment method, since the amount is equal to $0.00
- Click on “Pay”
- A receipt will be sent to your secure message inbox when the offset has been applied to your file
The credit amount available in your file is less than the invoice to be paid
- Tick the credit balance in the “Pay” column
- Tick the invoice to be paid in the “Pay” column
- Click on the green “Calculate” button to have the system apply your credit to the amount to be paid
- To pay the remaining balance, select “Credit card” as the method of payment
- Click on “Pay”
- Enter your credit card information and click on “Process Transaction”
- A receipt will be sent to your secure message inbox because the invoice balance was paid by credit card
The credit amount available in your file is greater than the amount of the invoice to be paid
- Tick the credit note in the “Pay” column
- Modify the credit note’s “Amount paid” field so that the amount is equal to the amount of the invoice (keep the “-” in front of the amount and use the comma “,” before the decimal)
- Tick the invoice to be paid in the “Pay” column
- Click on the green “Calculate” button
- Select the “Offset” payment method, since the amount is equal to $0.00
- Click on “Pay”
- A payment receipt will be sent to your secure message inbox when the offset has been applied to your file
You want to use a portion of a credit balance available in your file to pay an invoice
- Tick the credit balance in the “Pay” column
- Modify the credit note’s “Amount paid” field so that the amount is equal to the amount of the invoice (keep the “-” in front of the amount and use the comma “,” before the decimal)
- Tick the invoice to be paid in the “Pay” column
- Click on the green “Calculate” button to have the system apply your credit to the amount to be paid
- To pay the remaining balance of the invoice, select “Credit card” as the method of payment
- Click on “Pay”
- Enter your credit card information and click on “Process Transaction”
- A payment receipt will be sent to your secure message inbox because the invoice balance was paid by credit card
You must complete the remittance slip or the mail-in payment form (pdf - 81 KB)This link will open in a new windowApril 2017. Be sure to indicate your method of payment and complete the required fields.
The AMF accepts payment by:
- Credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express)
- Cheque or money order
If you have a credit balance available in your file, please indicate this in the form and specify the amount to be applied to your payment.
On-line payment through your financial institution
- Log into your online banking account
- Go to the “Pay Bills” section
- If it’s your first time, add the “Autorité des marchés financiers” as a payee, indicating your 10-digit AMF client number as the account number for bill payments. If you need help, contact your financial institution.
- Select “Autorité des marchés financiers” from your list of payees
- Make your payment
- Allow approximately 5 days for the AMF to receive your payment
When the AMF receives your payment, a receipt is generated and made available in the statement of account. No payment receipt will be sent to your secure message inbox.
The payment request is considered complete when the AMF receives your payment. You are responsible for taking processing time into account when you make your payment to ensure it is received on time.
You can pay your invoice on-line if you are signed up for on-line services with any of the following financial institutions:
- National Bank
- Desjardins
- TD
- Royal Bank
- Scotia
- CIBC