The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer credit cards and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Did you know that there are many other options?
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Last day! Earn up to 90,000 points on the Marriott Bonvoy™ Business American Express®* Card + MORE May 7th
American Express’ limited time increased welcome bonus offers on the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express®* Card and the Marriott Bonvoy® Business American Express®* Card come to a close today. In this post we’ll look at the offer for business card which offers up to 90,000 bonus Mar.... More »
The HSBC World Elite Mastercard will undergo some changes in February + MORE Dec 16th
The best travel rewards Mastercard in Canada will be undergoing some changes in February. The no foreign transaction fee HSBC World Elite® Mastercard® has been making inroads in our market since its launch in 2017 and will now see its first major revamp. The news is both good and not so good ̵.... More »
July 23 Update: Receive a $100 Visa card for stays in London, ON., 3,000 bonus points when you stay with your pets at IHG Hotels & 20x PC Optimum points this weekend Jul 23rd
Here's your Rewards Canada Daily update! Your daily dose (or near daily dose) of loyalty program, credit card and travel news, bonuses, deals and more. On Tuesday we published an article looking at the various tourism board stay offers across Canada and thanks to Rewards Canada reader Ha.... More »
This Week in RWRDS September 12, 2025: Are the WestJet Mastercard changes good or bad? Sep 13th
This week we discuss the incoming changes to the WestJet RBC World Elite Mastercard and WestJet RBC Mastercard, Wealthsimple Visa Infinite changes, another excellent oneworld elite status match opportunity and much more in our weekly credit card and loyalty rewards newscast! Watch This Week in RWRDS.... More »
The best Aeroplan credit cards in Canada for 2025 + MORE Mar 15th
Aeroplan is Canada’s largest airline loyalty program—and one of its most lucrative. Owned by Air Canada, Aeroplan offers a ton of flexibility compared to other airline loyalty programs. You can redeem Aeroplan points with more than 50 partner airlines and even transfer points to other programs. .... More »
Weekly rate report: Average card rate rises to 17.03 percent
– creditcards.com
August 15, 2018: Just one week after scaling past 17 percent for the first time ever, the average credit card interest rate inched a tad higher Wednesday.
Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for August
– RewardsCanada.ca
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Credit Card Sign Up offers for the month of August! This is not a ‘best’ credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards that have very good acquisition (sign up) offers. As always when choosing a card you should always take other factors into account other than the just sign up bonus, but when most or all of these cards are first year free, they can and do pay off even when you grab them strictly for the sign up rewards. In fact all of the cards on this list are first year free or have no annual fee so you can try them out at no cost and decide later on if the card is right for you. All the while you earn the sign up bonus which can be used to subsidize your travels!Only one change this month as the first year free offer on the RBC Visa Infinite Avion is no longer available. That offer has been replaced with the no annual fee mbna Best Western Rewards Mastercard.Here are our top 5 credit card sign up offers for August (in alphabetical order)BMO Rewards Mastercard- 20,000 Points (Apply here)Included in the revamped BMO Rewards program that essentially sees the program devalued the BMO Rewards Mastercard has never been on this list before…
