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The best rewards credit cards in Canada for 2024 + MORE Feb 1st
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The best rewards credit cards in Canada for 2024
Rewards credit cards help you earn cash back or points, which can be redeemed toward groceries, travel, merchandise, gift cards and more.
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Goodbye, Canada: A guide to departure tax, withholding tax for non-residents + MORE Jun 18th
Canada taxes its residents on their worldwide income. This means that someone who lives in Canada must report income earned in Canada, as well as income earned in other countries, on their Canadian tax return.
Tax withheld or payable in a foreign country is generally eligible to be claimed as a f.... More »
The best student credit cards in Canada for 2025 + MORE Aug 6th
When you’re at a new restaurant, do you have to see the menu before you order? Or do you eat what your foodie friend says is good, knowing it’ll be amazing? The answer can help you decide how to pick a new credit card. Some people want the ability to compare their options side-by-side, while oth.... More »
New Amex Offers for Kinka Izakaya & Kinton Ramen Jan 16th
A couple of new Amex Offers were released on Friday and these are the return of statement credits for purchases as Kinka Izakaya and Kinton Ramen. Both offers are valid until April 15, 2022. Seeing that these are dining establishments you'll want to use your American Express Cobalt Card to ear.... More »
REMINDER The credit card to consider getting right now - August 2022 + MORE Aug 23rd
We continue our monthly feature where we recommend a card to consider applying for right away during the course of the current month. How do we pick which card should be highlighted? We'll look at numerous factors however in most cases it will primarily be due to the limited time offer on .... More »
May 11 Update: 10,000 bonus Be Well points for spending $40+ at Rexall and Priority Pass announces a 20% portfolio expansion for its members
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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. You can earn 10,000 bonus Be Well points when you spend $40 or more at Rexall until May 13. Simply log in to your account or the app to load the offer to your card.Image via Rexall — Following on the news from Plaza Premium that they would be leaving Priority Pass in July, the latter announced today a major expansion to the program that will see its porfolio grow by 20%. Priority Pass is slated to add 150 new lounges and 100 experiences to the program by the end of 2021. Most of that growth does appear to be outside of Canada however and we’ll have to wait to see what happens locally. If Priority Pass and Plaza Premium don’t come to an agreement for Canadian lounge space there aren’t many other lounges for Priority Pass to choose from in our airports so hopefully at the very least they can add more restaurant options in those cities…HSBC makes applying for their credit cards and bank accounts easier with HSBC EasyID
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When HSBC ran their amazing offer to earn 100,000 bonus points for their HSBC World Elite Mastercard in late 2020 there was one issue that some of our readers brought to our attention several times. That issue was that HSBC wanted some applicants to confirm and complete their applications in branch. Well this could be a difficult task for many considering a lot of people were staying home due to the pandemic and did not want to venture to a bank in person. It also proves to be a difficult task on another whole regard in which one of readers pointed out – HSBC doesn’t have a lot of branches spread out across Canada for people to go to. In fact our reader stated the closest branch to him was 7 hours away – yes that would be quite a drive to do on its own right let alone during the pandemic! The good news is right around that time HSBC began testing an new application process which has now been fully implemented and available to all applicants.Called HSBC EasyID, the system utilizes technology to confirm your identity by submitting a scan of a photo id and then taking a selfie to match up with that id!Here is the process in detail as provided to us by HSBC:With HSBC EasyID, start and finish your account application digitally, within a few minutes…
