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One insurance provider is following the self-service trend, providing Ontario residents with an opportunity to save on home and car insurance by cutting out the broker and doing it themselves. Founded in Toronto in 2018, Onlia provides a more affordable and more flexible insurance option for Canadians who want to avoid the added hassle and expense of dealing with a broker.
Jared Lindzon
Personal Finance
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One of Canada’s newest small business lenders is using the latest technologies to offer clients a more seamless financing experience, designed to meet the challenges of an uncertain economy.
Jared Lindzon
Business
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Canada’s lending ecosystem is often viewed through a fragmented lens, where FinTech companies, financial institutions, and “alternative lenders” each play a unique and distinct role. Gary Schwartz, the president of the Canadian Lenders Association (CLA), however, doesn’t quite see it that way.
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Industry News
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“Our mission is to offer alternative financing in the merchant cash advance space,” explains co-founder Adam Benaroch. “Our underwriting guidelines are not based on credit
Jared Lindzon
Business
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It's almost too good to be true, but that's what we love about our business; we get to help people realize their home buying dreams, and do it in a way that saves them a lot of time, money, and confusion.
Jared Lindzon
Buying a Home
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As the world eagerly anticipates an end to the Covid crisis, Merchant Growth is preparing to offer new and more dynamic loan products to small business customers across its Canadian marketplace.
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Business
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Today, Eastern Loans offers personal loans of between $500 and $1,000 to Canadians based anywhere other than Quebec and Saskatchewan, with competitive rates that differ between provinces.
Jared Lindzon
Personal Finance
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“I very much respect Canadian businesses, and we love doing business with them,” explains founder and chief executive officer Jordan Fein. “Our footprint is only going to grow in Canada, and we're going to continue building that trust in a much bigger way.”
Jared Lindzon
Business
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“We've taken it from a one-to-one bartering concept to a one-to-many, and we do all the work,” says Porter. “It's solving this problem for businesses, turning what we call ‘business waste’ into value.
Jared Lindzon
Business
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After 14 years supporting restaurants and food service providers in Canada, and with a wide range of products to choose from, Econolease’s sales staff is able to determine what lease, loan or rental product best fits each customer’s unique situation.
Jared Lindzon
Business
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For nearly a decade, Toronto-based iCapital has been providing capital to Canadian small business owners of all shapes and sizes from coast to coast. Unlike traditional loan products, however, their merchant cash advance has absolutely no deadlines, no late fees, and is only paid out when small business owners are making money themselves.
Jared Lindzon
Business
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Being the country’s oldest and largest equipment finance broker has its advantages. Founded over 15-years ago, Brampton, Ontario-based Peel Financial has the largest group of credit analysts in the country, offering a wide range of equipment financing options primarily to the trucking and transportation industry.
Jared Lindzon
Vehicles
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Little over a year ago, there was no leading voice in the “alternative” lending space in Canada; no industry association to advocate on its behalf or network to help establish and spread best practices. Fortunately, those resources are now available to the industry through the Canadian Lenders Association (CLA), an industry association dedicated […]
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Industry News
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