AlertPay is registered as an official corporation in America and Canada, and complies with all of the various procedures and regulations of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions of Canada, and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Only founded in 2004, AlertPay already employs over forty-five full time staff. As of August of 2008, approximately 2.1 million accounts were registered on the AlertPay system. This large number of accounts stems from AlertPay's versatility—they support the transfer of twenty-two currencies and support transactions in over two-hundred countries worldwide.

AlertPay is committed to the notion of knowing your client on a personal level. This ensures a secure, safe program for every AlertPay account. Respect for AlertPay's clients' privacy is an important part of what has made them one of the leading businesses in online payment. They stand by their Privacy Policy to assure each customer that their identity is known only to them. Each dollar deposited into a registered AlertPay account is insured with the CDIC (Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation) as well as the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) in Canada and the United States, respectively, and are held in federally regulated and chartered banks.