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Home / Blog / Debt, Financial by Katie Weber It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas! While it is lovely to give and receive gifts, it can put a strain on anyone’s budget, especially this year. At the same time, it’s getting late to save for Christmas. You can
Home / Blog / Debt, Savings & Retirement Credit reports, credit scores, and everything associated with them can become overwhelming when figuring out fact and fiction. I can guarantee that my father still thinks some credit myths are facts because his father told him and so forth. Some are just
Let’s talk about budgeting, more so how to budget during a recession. I know what you’re thinking: budgeting and recession are two dirty words we don’t want to think about, but now more than ever we need to face them.
The fear of missing out (FOMO) is massive now. A new Credit Karma survey of 1,050 Canadians aged 19-39 shows half of young adults have spent money they didn’t have and gone into debt in order to keep up with their peers.
Home / Blog / Financial, Savingsby Janet Doyle If you’re like most Canadians, Christmas is a time for spending. In addition to gifts, there’s travel, holiday parties, Christmas baking, and other expenses that seem to creep up seemingly out of nowhere. Most people don’t have a budget for the holidays,
Home / Blog / Credit by Janet Doyle Mandatory Minimum Credit Card Payments in Quebec Are Going Up! Could this also happen in other provinces? Here’s what you need to know: On August 1, 2019, Quebec residents will be required to pay at least 2% of the balance owing on
Home / Blog / Credit, Financialby Janet Doyle Apple and Sephora recently announced they will begin issuing credit cards later this year and are offering users attractive rewards programs. Apple has said the new credit card will have no late fees, no annual fees and no international fees in addition
Home / Blog / Creditby Janet Doyle Everyone has one – a credit report, and a resulting score. From the time a Canadian consumer turns 18, credit becomes a very important number that has a huge effect on their life. You need credit for leases like homes or vehicles, or
Home / Blog / Savings, Financialby Marc Rouleau Time seems to fly at this time of year. One minute we are raking leaves, taking fall hikes, and enjoying the warm sun on our face and the next we are putting snow tires on the car, breaking out the toques, boots and
Home / Blog / Credit You are probably among the 21 million or so Canadians who have credit file or report but don’t know what’s in it. If you have ever applied for and been approved for a credit card, a loan or a line of credit, then credit bureaus
