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Shoppers can earn Aeroplan points on Amazon.ca + MORE Mar 23rd
Canada’s more than five million Aeroplan members can now earn rewards points when shopping on Amazon.ca.
Starting April 24, 2018, shoppers will be able to earn one Aeroplan Mile per dollar spent through the online retail giant.
Just make sure you access Amazon.ca through Aeroplan’s shopp.... More »
Best high-interest savings accounts in Canada 2022 + MORE Feb 17th
Generally savings accounts offer very low interest rates. So, if you want to earn on your deposits (rather than simply using your account as a temporary “holding tank” or directing to longer-term saving and investing vehicles), a savings account with a high interest is a no-brainer.
However, whe.... More »
Turning to credit to fund pricey addiction rehab + MORE Oct 19th
As a last resort, your credit cards can provide a lifeline to recovery.... More »
RWRDS Daily Update – January 25, 2024 Jan 25th
Use your airline or hotel status to receive a free status match with Red by Dufry and AIR MILES Carousel of Dreams contest is now live. Check out today's points & miles updates here:
The post RWRDS Daily Update – January 25, 2024 appeared first on Rewards Canada..... More »
New Amex Offers for Ivanhoe Cambridge Gift Cards and Robinson Lighting + MORE Jul 7th
Two new Amex Offers offers showed up in my account today for the Platinum Card from American Express and my wife's Marriott Bonvoy American Express card account:The first one is really the stand out offer and you should log in to your account right away to see if you have been offered it as it is li.... More »
AP Exclusive: Chinese banks serve as safe haven for booming counterfeit goods trade
– canadianbusiness.com
SHANGHAI – Kim Sbarcea knew exactly what she wanted. She typed “Tiffany Elsa Peretti mesh earrings” into Google and scrolled through impeccable photos of the delicate $450 diamond-shaped earrings until she chanced upon a pair for — deal of deals! — $32.
The website, tiffany-outletsale.com, looked legit and Sbarcea assumed Tiffany & Co. would not let an unauthorized site use its name. Besides, she could pay by credit card.
She hit the buy button.
In that instant, on a Saturday morning in 2011, Sbarcea’s $32 was sucked from the living room of her house in Christchurch, New Zealand, into the global counterfeiting market. The money trail left by counterfeiters almost always leads to China, where banks have emerged as key conduits in an illegal industry that by one estimate is expected to be worth $1.8 trillion this year.
At least three prominent Chinese banks serve as safe havens for counterfeiters, who use them to process credit card payments for fakes or move their money around the globe, The Associated Press has found…
The website, tiffany-outletsale.com, looked legit and Sbarcea assumed Tiffany & Co. would not let an unauthorized site use its name. Besides, she could pay by credit card.
She hit the buy button.
In that instant, on a Saturday morning in 2011, Sbarcea’s $32 was sucked from the living room of her house in Christchurch, New Zealand, into the global counterfeiting market. The money trail left by counterfeiters almost always leads to China, where banks have emerged as key conduits in an illegal industry that by one estimate is expected to be worth $1.8 trillion this year.
At least three prominent Chinese banks serve as safe havens for counterfeiters, who use them to process credit card payments for fakes or move their money around the globe, The Associated Press has found…
May 7 Update: TD extends FYF & increased sign up bonuses to Aug 31, 200 Free Stash Rewards Points, 18 new bonuses
– RewardsCanada.ca
Somewhat quiet today on the news front, but lots of bonuses to pass along! News, Tips & TricksThe increased sign up bonuses and first year free offers for the TD Aeroplan Visa Infinite Card and TD First Class Visa Infinite Card have been extended to August 31st from the originally marketed end date of May 8th. You’ll see we have the latest Emirates Skywards Miles Accelerator offers up on the site for flights in August however Toronto is not one of the bonus cities this time. Posts since our last update: 200 Free Stash Hotel Rewards Points for suggesting a new hotel – 2,000 more if that hotel joins Stash Hotel Rewards is rewarding their members for suggesting new hotels that they can approach to join their independent…BMO AIR MILES World Elite MasterCard coming on May 13 – Good earn rate, lounge access but also a reduction in the award flight 25% discount Thanks to CJ for forwarding the link to the newest AIR MILES co-brand card which will be replacing the… Travel DealsHotels…Credit card balances rise in March
– creditcards.com
Consumers’ revolving debt load increased in March, ending two months of declining balances
