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The Best Personal Loan Providers in Canada

By Jordann Brown | August 22, 2019

Even the most financially savvy individual can run into a situation where they need to borrow money, and in those cases, a personal loan is usually the least expensive way...

Why Use A Car Loan Calculator?

By Tamar Satov | August 14, 2019

Aside from a home, a car is one of the biggest purchases you’ll ever make. Since most of us don’t have that kind of money sitting around, car dealerships, banks...

Best Car Loan Rates in Canada: Review of Current Car Loan Interest Rates

By Hannah Logan | July 4, 2019

In the market for a new car? You’re not alone. In 2018, more than two million vehicles were sold across Canada. However, not all of these vehicles were bought outright....

How Canadian Credit Scoring Works

By Keph Senett | December 31, 2018

Your credit score is a number that evaluates the information in your credit report. In Canada, a person’s credit score is determined by two main bureaus: Equifax and TransUnion. These...

How to Pay Off Credit Card Debt Faster

By Keph Senett | October 22, 2018

Credit cards make everything easy—including racking up debt. An unforeseen emergency, a large purchase, or a spend-heavy time of life like the beginning of a college semester can result in a...

Borrowell Review: Fast, Fair, and Friendly Loans + Free Credit Scores

By Kyle | September 27, 2017

“Make financial services fast, fair, and friendly.” Turns out that you don’t need a large, expensively-maintained branch location in order to lend people money. You don’t need lines, multiple appointments, and...

Why you might not be ready to start paying off your debt

By Chris Enns | May 14, 2017

I want you to imagine something… You’ve just gone downstairs into your basement (in this world you own a lovely house with a basement… yay!!!) and you instantly notice two...

Using Marketplace Lending to Get Out of Credit Card Debt

By Kyle | August 19, 2015

The first commandment of personal finance is not to carry a balance on your credit card. If you have just recently seen the light when it comes to keeping track...

5 Ways Big Data Might be Letting You Know You Have Too Much Debt

By Kyle | December 4, 2013

As we all know, we don’t really need to think anymore because we have networks of supercomputers that can do that for us. No longer do kids need to make...