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More Canadians are rethinking their bank. Should you?
– moneysense.ca
Clinton Begin was growing tired of frequent visits to bank branches and calling into the trading desk to check on various transactions. “There (were) a lot of things that just took too much of my time. I was always phoning, always going to visit them. It was always a big deal,” he recalled.
Even though he had been banking with several of the big lenders for decades, his frustrations grew until they came to a head during one instance involving one of his registered accounts. He finally decided to pull the trigger and switch to a fintech as his primary bank.
Canada’s banking regulator has been streamlining its bank licensing framework, making it easier for smaller financial companies and provincial credit unions to enter the federal financial system and compete against the Big Six. It’s also giving consumers greater choice when it comes to who they want to bank with.
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But consumers shouldn’t just switch banks on a whim, said Natasha Macmillan, senior director of everyday banking at Ratehub…
