Benefits Canada Magazine // With many employees struggling with finances since the coronavirus pandemic started last March, two experts, Elizabeth Mullholland, CEO of Prosper Canada and Joe Nunes, co-founder and executive chairman of Actuarial Solutions Inc., weigh in on the viability of offering a workplace emergency savings benefit. Read

The Toronto Star // Advocates for low-income Canadians say the government needs to invest in community financial help services, or risk leaving hundreds of thousands of Canadians out of the COVID-19 recovery.   Elizabeth Mulholland, CEO of charity Prosper Canada, said the COVID-19 pandemic has made life harder, riskier and more expensive for low-income Canadians. ...

Submitted by ACEF du Nord de Montréal   Français Do you know how your credit report affects your life and your ability to meet some of your basic needs, such as obtaining housing, a job or even insurance? Originally, credit reports were used by banks and other lenders to check your ability to repay credit. Today, the reasons for its use have exploded. ...