Review: Brightside Prepaid Card by ATB Financial
ATB’s Brightside prepaid Mastercard has a lot to offer, including 0.5% cashback, no ATM or FX fees, and $1 cashback ‘roundups’ with local partners.
ATB’s Brightside prepaid Mastercard has a lot to offer, including 0.5% cashback, no ATM or FX fees, and $1 cashback ‘roundups’ with local partners.
PC Optimum points aren’t the sexiest rewards in Canada but there are some unexpected opportunities to take advantage of within the program.
We provide an overview of methods to convert CAD to USD, including Simplii Financial bill payments, forex exchanges, remittance (Wise), and Norbert’s Gambit.
Of 13 US credit card issuers, 3 allow you to apply with an ITIN (Cap1, Chase, Citibank), 2 with only passport/SIN (Amex, BoA), and 3 with cross-border banking (BMO, RBC, TD).
Low interest promotional credit card balance transfers can be a powerful tool for wealth accumulation when combined with stablecoin staking or stock market investing.
BNPL is a new payment scheme that lets you split up purchases at the point of sale into multiple smaller denominations (typically four biweekly payments). Companies in Canada include Affirm, Afterpay, PayBright, and Sezzle.
We’ve compiled a table of mail forwarders which provide US addresses for receiving and sending US credit cards to Canada.
Matt details the steps he took in order to establish a credit profile in the UK and unlock access to more credit card (and MS) opportunities.
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Brim Financial World Elite is a new Canadian credit card ‘disruptor’. Unfortunately, their disruption is relatively non-disruptive but does include some features that make it a good no-FX fee travel card.
You can get a business credit card without a strict business, by applying as a sole proprietor under your own name. American Express is the easiest, but other issuers such as TD and CIBC are feasible with modest effort.
The ITIN Amazon KDP method may not be dead…yet. We discuss it here and present another solution for getting an ITIN: filing a US tax return.
The Simplii Cash Back Visa card is an enticing no annual fee card that earns 4% cashback at restaurants, bars and coffee shops.
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Mastercard is the only card accepted in store at Costco. Learn how to buy Costco gift cards with Amex and Visa to earn points on your favorite cards.
A general strategy for vetting US-to-Canada mail forwarders: confirm no CMRA status with USPS, and that prohibited items list doesn’t include credit cards.