Are you planning to improve your finances in the new year? These seven tips can help you get started.

We may not always agree with our parents, but we are undoubtedly influenced by their habits, attitudes, and points of view. The norms and traditions of our upbringing can have lasting impacts on everything from the kind of laundry detergent we prefer to our conscious and unconscious relationship with money.

This year’s tax season will more than likely be extra challenging for the nearly nine million Canadians who applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in 2020.

You’ve made your last payment but now what? How to establish and keep good financial habits following a Consumer Proposal.

More than half (53%) say they are $200 or less from not being able to meet all of their bills and debt obligations each month, a whopping 10-point jump from December. This includes three in 10 (30%, +7pts) who report they are already insolvent with no money left at month-end to cover all their payments.

Fifty-three percent say they are $200 or less away from not being able to meet all of their monthly bills and debt obligations, a six-point jump from December. This includes three in 10 (30%, +3pts) who report already being insolvent with no money left to cover their payments at month-end.

Only you and your child can decide whether post-secondary education is the right path forward. Regardless of what direction their life ends up following, there are steps you can take to prepare for the costs of post secondary education to help ensure money isn’t the deciding factor.

After receiving your discharge from Bankruptcy, you have now permanently moved on from your past financial issues and are free of your unsecured debts. It’s time to start rebuilding your credit rating.

What you learn about how credit reporting and scoring works, what you can do to improve your credit, and common debt habits which may be helping or hindering your progress may just save your credit — and save you a few dollars every month.

When you’re working toward paying off your debt, life can often feel like an impossible choice between saving money and enjoying your hard-earned free time.