There’s a lot more to buying a home than simply signing the Agreement of Purchase and Sale. Not only will you need to put enough money aside for your deposit and down payment, you’ll also want to budget for your closing costs. Many homebuyers make the mistake of not putting enough money aside for these

Several months ago I wrote about the new partnership between Scotiabank and American Express, which resulted in Scotiabank launching a suite of three new credit cards. We worked out a partnership with Scotiabank for us to get a trial run with the Scotiabank American Express Card and I have to say, these new credit cards

Almost two months ago, Scotiabank made an announcement that was very exciting for those of us who are passionate about travel – they announced their partnership with American Express and launched three brand new credit cards. The new suite of credit cards are for the travel enthusiast in all of us. This was a great

Bank of Montreal (BMO) account holders are probably having a tough morning. I have come across several people in my office who have attempted to use their debit card, but have their debit card rejected. The message read on the payment machine is: “Cannot Access System Problems”. I contacted BMO and inquired about this problem

Today is a big day for Canadian banks (in my opinion), Scotiabank has announced today that they have launched a new line of credit cards – the Scotiabank American Express Cards. This marks a new strategic card issuing alliance between Scotiabank and American Express. The new line-up of credit cards are designed for travel enthusiasts

You have heard the discussions over the past few weeks, but it has finally happened folks, ING Direct Canada has been sold! You must be dying to know who bought up the bank that brought us the THRiVE Chequing account – ING’s first cheuqing account, and let us not forget the Orange Key Program –

I don’t think I have said this lately, but ING Direct Canada is awesome – not only do they offer a great way for you to earn FREE money through their account referral program – the Orange Key Promotion, but they also offer a great free Chequing account – the THRiVE Chequing account. With that