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Update! Tangerine Money-Back Credit Card Review + MORE Apr 23rd
Update, April 18, 2019:
Tangerine has announced that starting April 22nd, new Tangerine Credit Card Account holders can earn 4% Money-Back Rewards on purchases in up to three Money-Back Categories of their choice, for the first three months.
Looking to earn cash back on your daily expenditures? Do.... More »
20+ new RBC Offers include statement credits & bonus points with McDonalds, Lyft, Metro, & more Mar 8th
Since our last update on RBC Offers we’ve seen a plethora of new bonus points, statement credit and discount promotions added for using your RBC card and/or Avion Select at select retailers! The program continues to grow and it continues to see a lot more attractive offers, in that we mean retaile.... More »
Etiquette guide for 'refer-a-friend' credit card programs + MORE Feb 9th
You want that bonus, but you don't want to lose your friend. Here's how.... More »
Home Capital draws $250 million more from emergency line of credit + MORE May 24th
Home Capital Group says it has drawn down a further $250 million this week from its emergency line of credit to repay deposit notes due Wednesday.
That leaves the Toronto-based mortgage company (TSX:HCG) with $350 million left from a $2 billion line of credit provided by the Healthcare of Ontario Pe.... More »
Now live: New earn rates and easier redemption with the no fee BMO CashBack Mastercard + MORE May 2nd
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?
Rexall Be Well launches today - earn.... More »
Does Financial Literacy Decline With Age?
– ratesupermarket.ca
For most of us, our most important financial decisions come towards the end of our lives.
After a lifetime of work, we have to decide when to retire, when to take CPP and OAS, how to squeeze income from our savings, whether to keep the house or downsize, and how to update our will or establish an estate plan.
These are tough choices, particularly when you consider that – regardless of gender or education level – studies suggest most people become considerably less literate when it comes handling money issues after age 60.
According to Texas Tech University professor Michael Finke, test scores measuring knowledge of investments, insurance and credit issues fell slightly more than two per cent each year starting after age 60.
Financial Literacy Peaks In Late 40s
Finke and his team noted that financial literacy peaks in the late 40s and that there was a statistically strong and steady decline in financial literacy among older respondents. What’s worse, however, is that many subjects’ confidence in their financial decision-making abilities actually seemed to rise with age…
Motion Picture Association of America backs antipiracy curriculum for elementary students
– canadianbusiness.com
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – When it comes to learning about the evils of Internet piracy, Hollywood studios and the major music labels want kids to start young.
A non-profit group called the Center for Copyright Information has commissioned a school curriculum to teach elementary-age children about the value of copyrights.
The curriculum, still in draft stage, includes lesson plans, videos and activities for teachers and parents to help educate students about the “importance of being creative and protecting creativity,” with topics such as “Respect the Person: Give Credit,” ”It’s Great to Create,” and “Copyright Matters.”
The non-profit is backed by the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America and others, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday (http://lat.ms/1cfNW1R ).
Some critics say the curriculum, called “Be a Creator,” would promote a biased agenda. Others contend it would use up valuable classroom time when public schools already are struggling to teach the basics…
A non-profit group called the Center for Copyright Information has commissioned a school curriculum to teach elementary-age children about the value of copyrights.
The curriculum, still in draft stage, includes lesson plans, videos and activities for teachers and parents to help educate students about the “importance of being creative and protecting creativity,” with topics such as “Respect the Person: Give Credit,” ”It’s Great to Create,” and “Copyright Matters.”
The non-profit is backed by the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America and others, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday (http://lat.ms/1cfNW1R ).
Some critics say the curriculum, called “Be a Creator,” would promote a biased agenda. Others contend it would use up valuable classroom time when public schools already are struggling to teach the basics…
