What Happened After One U.S. State Banned Payday Loans
Mar 27, 2018
There’s good debt and bad debt…and then there are payday loans. These short-term lending products can charge annual interest rates of 546 per cent (or...
Canadians Are $1.8 Trillion in Debt…But Here’s the Good News
Mar 21, 2018
Canadian consumer debt grew to 1.821-trillion dollars at the end of 2017, according to Equifax Canada. This is up from $1.797-trillion, and includes mortgage debt....
Credit Debt Killed the Instagram Star: The High Cost of Social Media
Mar 13, 2018
Many kids today don’t want to be movie stars—they want to be YouTube stars. But most never get that far. While the biggest “influencers” on...
Retirement Forecast: Less Savings, More Debt for Canadians?
Mar 06, 2018
Some Canadians might still be digging out of a big snowstorm from last week. Hopefully, we won’t see much more snow in March—but when it...