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?
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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 »
TFSA contribution room calculator Dec 11th
Tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) are one of the most popular tools for retirement savings. Since you contribute funds that you’ve already paid taxes on, you’ll enjoy tax-free growth. However, the government places limitations on how much you can contribute every year and overall. This is known .... More »
Award Availability Alert: Fly Virgin Atlantic from Toronto to London for only 12,000 Membership Rewards points Mar 17th
There is an excellent opportunity to use American Express Membership Rewards to fly on Virgin Atlantic’s new Toronto to London route which launches on March 30. By utilizing two transfer options and a bonus on one of those, you can make your way across the Atlantic in economy class for only 12.... More »
Alberta Child and Family Benefit payment dates in 2025 + MORE Apr 15th
The Alberta Child and Family Benefit (ACFB) is a program administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on behalf of the government of Alberta. The ACFB was introduced to assist lower-income and middle-income families with children under 18. Eligible families can receive direct financial assistance.... More »
Loyalty Lesson: How to extract more value from Avion Rewards Mar 31st
If you have the RBC Avion Visa Infinite Card in your wallet you’ll want to read this to see how you can extract more value from Avion Rewards. For well over a decade it has been one of Canada’s most popular credit cards. There are in the neighbourhood of one million or more Canadians jus.... More »
How Early-Stage Start-Ups Can Overcome the Talent Crunch
– canadianbusiness.com
Record investment deals, a historic tech initial public offering (IPO) rush, newly minted unicorns and the rapid adoption of technology to digitize our lives and enable remote work—it’s been an electrifying few years for Canadian tech companies. But the Covid-19 pandemic has made life much harder for a critical slice of our innovation economy: early-stage start-ups.
Early-stage companies are the beginning of Canada’s entrepreneurial pipeline. They have big ideas, product prototypes and even a few sales. More importantly, they have the potential to be Canada’s next homegrown tech titans. They’re not quite ready to scale up or cash out—they’re still surviving on coffee, maxed-out credit cards and angel or seed investments.
Seed financing is up during the pandemic. But it hasn’t kept pace with the amounts going to later-stage companies—through the first three quarters of 2021, 63 per cent of venture capital dollars were invested in later- and growth-stage companies…
New Amex Offers released this week for Columbia, Dell & TurboTax
– RewardsCanada.ca
A trio of new Amex Offers came out this week from Columbia, Dell and Turbotax Personally at Rewards Canada we received two of the three and learned about the Dell offer on Red Flag Deals. The Columbia offer was received on our Platinum Card while the TurboTax offer came through on our Cobalt Card.These offers do not shop up on Amex’s general offer page so it appears they may not be available for Scotia Amex card members.Here’s the details of the three new offers:Columbia Spend at least $100 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at www.columbiasportswear.ca/ by 15/05/2022 and earn a one-time $20 statement credit. Registration cap applies. Terms apply. TurboTaxSpend at least $40 in qualifying purchases using your registered Card at www.turbotax.ca/amex by 22/05/2022 and earn a one-time $10 statement credit. Registration cap applies. Terms apply.DellGet a statement credit equal to 20% of total qualifying purchases when you use your Registerd Card at www.dell.ca/workdeals by 22/04/2022…
