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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Rewards Canada reveals the Top Cash Back Credit Cards for 2017
– RewardsCanada.ca
For the past nine years we’ve ranked the top travel rewards credit cards here on Rewards Canada and many years ago we started providing coverage on cash back cards as well. What we never did was rank them. Well that has all changed now as Canada’s leading loyalty and rewards resource, we are proud to announce our first ever Canada’s Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings!We’ll be honest with you, these rankings were supposed to come out at the start of March but we learned about changes to two cash back cards in our market and that screwed everything up. Now that we know what the changes are that happened to the Tangerine Money Back MasterCard and the SimplyCash Preferred Card from American Express we’re glad we waited. What are Canada’s Top Cash Back Credit Cards for 2017? Click here to find out!April 11 Update: Canada’s Top Cash Back Credit Cards, Save $400 + earn bonus miles on Air Canada Vacations Europe packages
– RewardsCanada.ca
News, Tips & Tricks Today we delve deeper into to Cash Back rewards space as we released our first ever Canada’s Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings! It was a very close race between the top two cards and really boiled down to the sign up bonus and perks/benefits provided. Find out which cards came out on top in this newest annual feature on Rewards Canada! Posts since our last update:American Express SimplyCash Preferred Credit Card now earns a straight 2% – making it the best Cash Back card in Canada As you may have seen earlier today we released our first ever Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings and taking…Rewards Canada reveals the Top Cash Back Credit Cards for 2017 For the past nine years we’ve ranked the top travel rewards credit cards here on Rewards Canada and many…Summary of global hotel systemwide bonus points promotions – earn lots of points while you sleep! One of the easiest ways to rack up lots of hotel points is to take advantage of the systemwide…Travel DealsAir Canada Vacations is offering $400 off per couple and up to 10,000 bonus Aeroplan miles when you book a European vacation by April 30th for travel until the end of October…Food trucks leaving cash in the dust
– creditcards.com
More restaurants and food trucks are going cashless, so don’t forget your credit card if you’re heading out for a bite to eat
Manitoba budget cuts tax credit for students, holds line on spending
– canadianbusiness.com
Post-secondary graduates are taking a financial hit in a relatively stand-pat budget tabled by the Manitoba government Tuesday that holds the line on spending and makes a modest dent in the deficit.
The budget forecasts an overall deficit of $840 million this fiscal year _ $32 million less than last year.
The Progressive Conservatives are phasing out by next year an income-tax rebate on tuition for graduates who stay and work in the province. It is worth up to $2,500 a year per person.
There are no increases to personal or business taxes, but a number of other tax credits are being capped or cut.
A tax credit for research and development is being reduced to 15 per cent from 20. A credit for unpaid caregivers who help relatives stay in their own homes is being capped for the first time at $1,400 a year.
One tax credit is being increased. The maximum credit for donations to politicians and political parties is rising to $1,000 from $650.
The budget keeps a leash on spending in major departments at or near the rate of inflation…
The budget forecasts an overall deficit of $840 million this fiscal year _ $32 million less than last year.
The Progressive Conservatives are phasing out by next year an income-tax rebate on tuition for graduates who stay and work in the province. It is worth up to $2,500 a year per person.
There are no increases to personal or business taxes, but a number of other tax credits are being capped or cut.
A tax credit for research and development is being reduced to 15 per cent from 20. A credit for unpaid caregivers who help relatives stay in their own homes is being capped for the first time at $1,400 a year.
One tax credit is being increased. The maximum credit for donations to politicians and political parties is rising to $1,000 from $650.
The budget keeps a leash on spending in major departments at or near the rate of inflation…
American Express SimplyCash Preferred Credit Card now earns a straight 2% – making it the best Cash Back card in Canada
– RewardsCanada.ca
As you may have seen earlier today we released our first ever Top Cash Back Credit Card rankings and taking first place in the inaugural rankings is the SimplyCash Preferred Card from American Express. Had we released the rankings early in March like we had originally planned this would not have been the case, first place would have actually gone to the mbna Rewards World Elite MasterCard. However we were advised by Amex that the SimplyCash Preferred was being enhanced, and that is word you have to be careful with in the loyalty industry since lots of times it is used to disguise a devaluation but that is not the case this time. The SimplyCash Preferred card is getting a true enhancement as American Express wanted it to be a market and that it has become. Gone is the 1.5% on the first $100,000 spending and 1.25% thereafter. In its place is an unlimited 2% back on all eligible purchases with no caps. Yes there are some slight negative changes but those are easily eclipsed by that 2% rate…
