21 September 2020
Investment Exective
Investor advocacy in Canada is increasingly shifting in-house to the boards and advisory panels of the investment industry’s regulators. But stable and reliable funding for independent investor advocacy is badly needed, experts say.
Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of seniors’ advocacy group CanAge Inc. and an independent director...
5 September 2020
Global News
Sebastien Vienneau says he repeatedly told Spring Financial, an online lender, that he had autism and needed more time to review his loan contract. But the company didn't budge, he says.
For seven months, Sébastien Vienneau, 20, says he paid around $120 a month for a personal loan with online lender Spring Financial, which he hoped...
13 August 2020
The Globe and Mail, July 23, 2020.
Canada’s Big Six banks face growing loan losses as government support programs wind down and loan-deferral and interest-rate relief programs for consumers come to a halt.
Banks have been gearing up for big losses from loan defaults that could arise from the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic hit, as millions of C...
5 August 2020
Author: Paula Calderon
As a registered charity offering low-interest microloans to help skilled immigrants and refugees achieve career success in Canada, Windmill Microlending is not your traditional lender. The organization’s support to newcomers goes beyond offering loans. Windmill provides additional benefits to clients. Financial literacy is one of them.
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