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This Week in RWRDS: April 20 – 26, 2024 Apr 27th
This week we discuss BMO AIR MILES cards receiving accelerated earn rates on wholesale clubs & alcohol retailers, Metro leaving the AIR MILES program, our new hotel bonus points search tool and more in our weekly credit card and loyalty rewards newscast! Watch This Week in RWRDS here: Listen to.... More »
Visa Infinite Exclusive Offer: 500 bonus ALL Accor Live Limitless points for stays Fairmont Hotels & other Accor locations + MORE Mar 27th
An exclusive offer came out this month for Canadian Visa Infinite cardholders the provides 500 bonus points for stays at Accor Hotels in North and Central America. For most of us this means for stays at Fairmont Hotels across Canada along with the handful of Novotel and Sofitel Hotels in the eastern.... More »
The best GIC rates in Canada for 2024 Dec 23rd
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These credit cards can help you save big on travel to Orlando + MORE Oct 29th
Orlando, Florida, is an expensive destination. A family of four could easily spend $1,000 per day on theme parks alone. It’s no surprise that for many families, visiting the city ends up being a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Despite its budget-busting costs, Orlando welcomed a record-breaking 1..... More »
Why do companies keep messing with your points? + MORE Nov 10th
It’s been a tumultuous year for some of Canada’s top loyalty card plays. Blame it on the growing value companies see in consumer data. And don’t expect it to turn Canadians off loyalty plans; industry experts insist we just love them too much to dial back.
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‘I’m just so furious’: Mother and son both fall victim to Equifax Canada hack
– canadianbusiness.com
Robin Harvey thought she was being financially prudent when she urged her son to sign up to monitor their credit files at Equifax Canada in 2013.
Her son was graduating from university at the time, and the former journalist pushed him to keep a close eye on his records while reactivating her account with the credit monitoring agency as well.
Unfortunately, that move likely exposed them to the very thing she was trying to avoid _ both received letters this week notifying them that their personal information, as well as account passwords and security answers, were exposed in the massive Equifax cyberhack reported last month.
“I’m just so furious, and I can’t believe it,” the Toronto woman said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“I did something that I thought was helping him be a responsible, fiscal consumer… And it’s tragic that it turned out this way. It’s exactly the opposite of what I wanted.”
Harvey and her son are among the 8,000 Canadians whose personal data, and in some cases credit card details, was stolen by hackers in the massive Equifax data breach discovered on July 29…
Her son was graduating from university at the time, and the former journalist pushed him to keep a close eye on his records while reactivating her account with the credit monitoring agency as well.
Unfortunately, that move likely exposed them to the very thing she was trying to avoid _ both received letters this week notifying them that their personal information, as well as account passwords and security answers, were exposed in the massive Equifax cyberhack reported last month.
“I’m just so furious, and I can’t believe it,” the Toronto woman said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
“I did something that I thought was helping him be a responsible, fiscal consumer… And it’s tragic that it turned out this way. It’s exactly the opposite of what I wanted.”
Harvey and her son are among the 8,000 Canadians whose personal data, and in some cases credit card details, was stolen by hackers in the massive Equifax data breach discovered on July 29…
Bonus card rewards for mobile payments aim to win over users
– creditcards.com
While credit cards have long vied to be top of wallet, issuers now aim to be a cardholder’s default payment app, too
