Smarter Loans Staff

The Smarter Loans Staff is made up of writers, researchers, journalists, business leaders and industry experts who carefully research, analyze and produce Canada's highest quality content when it comes to money matters, on behalf of Smarter Loans. While we cannot possibly name every person involved in the process, we collectively credit them as Smarter Loans Writing Staff. Our work has been featured in the Toronto Star, National Post and many other publications. Today, Smarter Loans is recognized in Canada as the go-to destination for financial education, and was named the "GPS of Fintech Lending" by the Toronto Star in 2019.

Articles by Smarter Loans Staff

Breezeful Review

Each year across Canada over half a million homes are purchased and many of these purchasers will require a mortgage in order to finance these homes. That’s where Breezeful comes in. Breezeful is an online mortgage broker that works throughout Canada and the United States and helps to match up clients with potential lenders.

Lending Mate Review

Lending Mate is a lending institution that operates in both the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Lending Mate is different from many of the lenders that we see in the Canadian Marketplace as they don’t rely on online credit checks or computerized application approvals. Their process works on the applicant providing a guarantor that will vouch for them and the applications are reviewed by a real person who then approves or denies the loan, based on the information that has been gathered.

Tangerine Review

Tangerine is an online bank that has been serving Canadians since 1997, first as ING Direct and then switching to Tangerine in 2013. As with any Canadian bank, they offer a wide range of different financial services, the only difference being that they operate completely online and do not have any brick and mortar stores.

Thinking Capital Review

If you are a small to medium sized Canadian run business and are seeking solutions to your financial problems, Thinking Capital has the experience and expertise to assist you.

Money Mart Review

Requiring a loan is a commonplace occurrence among most Canadians at some point in our lives. Money Mart, which was founded in Canada in 1982 offers a wide variety of different services to help their customers meet their short-term financial obligations. They are a reputable company with over 700 locations that can be found all across North America and are registered with the Better Business Bureau.

Cash Money Review

If you require a safe and reputable way to obtain extra money, Cash Money can provide you with the services that you seek. With multiple locations all across the country, Cash Money has been in business for nearly thirty years and has served over a million Canadians. They offer convenient and flexible options that can meet many of your financial needs and specialize in helping their customers in times of financial emergencies and shortages.

Merchant Growth Review

Merchant Growth is a rapidly growing Canadian financing company that caters specifically to small businesses across the country. They provide loans and financing to a wide variety of different industries, from manufacturing to e-commerce and everything in between. With multiple different financing plans to suit each individual business need, Merchant Growth can help your business with renovations, staffing, inventory, technology and anything else that you need to help your business thrive.

EQ Bank – A Digital Banking Experience

Banking shouldn’t be stressful. At EQ Bank, you can save more of your money. EQ Bank provides Canadians with a digital banking experience. Earn up to 30 times more interest than with a traditional bank.

Getting into investing has never been easier thanks to these platforms

Investing is putting your money into assets to get profits in the future. You could be doing this to save for your child’s education, retirement, or increase tax efficiency among other things. At first, investing may seem pretty difficult and confusing, because you might not know where to put your money, and you don’t want to lose it. However, some Canadian investment firms make investing easier than you know. We’ve compiled a list of 9 of these firms to help you invest easily. Click on any of the companies to learn more and start investing.

Smarter Loans in Canada

Choosing the smartest loans for you means understanding your options, the debt landscape in Canada, and how the different factors at play can influence your choices. So let’s do that!