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Best Car Loan Rates in Canada

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 card details are up to date as of May 1st, 2019. For the most accurate and up to date information, visit the issuer's website. Credit cards make everything easy—including...

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...

7 Ways to Know You’ve Got Too Much Debt

By Justin | April 30, 2013

When it comes to debt, many people dare not add up the amount they owe, or the total amount of their debt-related monthly payments. To do so would make it...

Paying Off Debt: The New Year’s Resolution You Need to Keep

By Justin | January 13, 2013

Making New Year’s resolutions is a time honored January tradition. The problem is that by February most of those resolutions have been broken and completely abandoned. But there’s one New...