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Canada’s Most Popular Digital Bank Accounts Are Here

Most Canadians have at least 1 bank account which they use to save money or to achieve other purposes. You don’t find so many people holding cash anymore. Huge transactions are made via a debit or credit card. Although banking is essential, many Canadians don’t enjoy keeping their money in traditional banks because of the fees involved. So, to help you make better choices with banking and increase your returns, we’ll be looking at Canada’s most popular digital bank accounts for keeping your money safe and increasing your earnings. Click on any of the banks to explore their full profile and start banking.

How Canada’s Newest SMB Lender Uses Tech to Streamline Funding

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.

Gary Schwartz, President of the CLA, Is On a Mission to Bring “Open Banking” to Canada

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.

QuickBooks – Accounting Software for Small Business

As a small business owner, keeping track of your finances effectively can mean the difference between success and failure. QuickBooks is one of the best, most comprehensive accounting software programs available on the market. The intuitive design of QuickBooks is well suited to both small businesses and growing businesses alike.

Wealthsimple – Investment Solutions for Everyone

Wealthsimple provides customers with intelligent, easy ways to invest, without charging high fees or requiring account minimums like most investment management companies do. Cutting edge technologies and diversified portfolios facilitate the best possible returns on investment. Everything about Wealthsimple is clear and straightforward; a core value of the business is gaining trust through transparency.

Questrade – Investing Made Easy

Opened in 1999, Questrade is still one of Canada’s fastest growing brokerages with the reputation for being the best discount brokerage in the country. With Questrade you can utilize a wide array of different accounts such as RRSPs, TFSAs, RESPs or Cash accounts.

Foxquilt – Smarter Business Insurance

Finding the right business insurance can be a challenge. At Foxquilt, a leading Insurance Technology Company, insurance is a service, and as such, they are committed to the needs of each and every client. Foxquilt’s team of insurance experts works to get you the right insurance for your business at a better price. Not only can the professionals at Foxquilt help you find the insurance you need for your business, they can also assist with your home and auto insurance as well.

Zensurance – Insurance for your small business

Every business owner should have business insurance. Zensurance is an online insurance brokerage determined to help small business owners find the right insurance for them, including general liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance and commercial property insurance.

MoneyGram – Global Money Transfer Services

If you need to transfer money quickly, MoneyGram may just be the right choice for you. As a global leader in international person-to-person and digital money transfers, MoneyGram is trusted by millions of people all over the world. Their reputable service is available in two hundred countries around the globe.

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.

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.

Difference between prime mortgage lenders and private lenders

When buying a new home or commercial real estate property, individuals and businesses use mortgage loans instead of making a single upfront payment. When taking a mortgage loan, borrowers can choose between a mortgage lender and a private lender. A mortgage lender can either be a prime mortgage lender or a subprime mortgage lender, depending on the borrower’s credit score.

Income Tax Rates and Brackets in Canada 2021

Under Canada’s income tax act (ITA), income tax covers personal, corporation, business, and trust income. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) determines income tax due by multiplying the taxable income by the applicable tax rates.

How to transfer money overseas from Canada

The process of transferring funds from an individual in one country to another is known as a remittance and this can be accomplished in many different ways. Online transfers are a fast and popular method as are money transfers.

Ownr Makes it Easy to Register Your Business

In many ways, starting your own business can feel like a lonely venture. Even the terminology around small businesses reflects this. Whether you’re “self” employed or you’re an “independent” contractor, there is always the sense that you alone are responsible for the majority of your business’s activities. While this may be true in many ways,...

Foxquilt disrupting an anachronistic legacy insurance industry

Founded in 2016 by Karim Jamal and Mark Morissette, both hailing from industry titans like Aviva and Real Matters (which debuted in one of the TSX’s largest tech IPOs), Foxquilt to date has been focused on delivering personalized, efficient solutions for businesses in their search to obtain the right (and economical) insurance coverage from leading carriers and access group purchasing power.

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How Canacap Approves 90% of Canadian Merchants for Financing

“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

Getting a Car Loan in Canada: A Step by Step Guide

Most Canadians don’t have the financial ability to find a car they love and buy it outright. Instead, they have two options, lease a car or get a car loan. If you choose to get a loan, there are many important steps that need to be followed, in sequential order. Getting a car loan isn’t a difficult process, but you must do it correctly so you don’t end up neck-deep in debt.

Home Equity Loan in Canada

Homewise is a Free Online Mortgage Service That Saves You Time and Money

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.

2M7’s Philosophy: To Fund Every Deal Possible

Compared to Canada’s traditional and often conservative lenders with high credit standards like the major banks, 2M7 has a more open philosophy and liberal funding approach, proudly approving 97% of all applications submitted through its website.

Digital financial inclusion can be a Canada-wide reality with MyMarble

MyMarble aims to help people take control of their budgeting, spending, and credit score to achieve financial prosperity. It aims to help them gain financial literacy skills and feel empowered to manage their personal finances.

Merchant Growth Prepares to Launch New Products in Anticipation of the End of the Crisis

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.

Eastern Loans Gives Canadians Quick and Easy Access to Instalment Loans 7-days a Week

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.