Banking in Canada can be a murky subject – one that we hope to shed some light on with a series of highly informational articles.
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4 Tips to Avoid the Post-Holiday (Financial) Hangover Jan 3rd
Christmas and New Year’s Day has already come and gone, leaving us to “look forward” to Blue Monday, the (unofficially) most depressing day of the year. In 2019, Blue Monday falls on Monday, January 21, and the day is calculated by factoring in things such as weather and, yes, deb.... More »
Travel for Free: Barry’s Top 6 Tips on How to Game the Credit Card Reward System Apr 9th
To simply say I love credit cards is an understatement. Currently, I have more than 10 active cards, which is much more than the average person will ever need at once, but I use them all for a variety of reasons. When you know how to game the reward system and reap the benefits of different cards, .... More »
More Canadians are rethinking their bank. Should you? Jul 22nd
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.
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The Best Credit Cards for First-Year University and College Students + MORE Aug 14th
Congratulations! You’ve graduated high school and now you’re taking the next big step in your life. Starting post-secondary education involves a lot of firsts – it may be the first time you’re living away from home, the first time cooking for yourself consistently, and perhaps the first tim.... More »
RBC cutting 15 investment banking jobs in London: sources + MORE Sep 30th
Investment banks around the world have been grappling with a reduction in activity so far this year
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Canada’s Top 10 Socially Responsible Corporations
– canadianbusiness.com
Workers at a Moroccan textile factory producing clothes for Zara parent company Inditex. (Abdelhak Senna/AFP/Getty)This week our colleagues at Maclean’s unveiled their ranking of Canada’s Top 50 Socially Responsible Companies. This is the seventh year that the magazine has produced this ranking in collaboration with Sustainalytics, to recognize companies operating in Canada with the highest standards for responsibility toward their employees, their communities and the environment.
Social responsibility is central to the operations of these companies—they know it’s smart business to consider global issues and the broader community, whether it is through offering discounted loans for electric cars (Vancity) or helping to set up organic cotton seed banks in India (Zara). This year, for the first time, Sustainalytics ranked the companies within their industry to determine which firms are leading the way. Ten companies emerged at the top of their industries by demonstrating strong performance across important sustainability issues such as resource efficiency, impact on local communities, treatment of employees and responsible supply-chain management…
