Financial Literacy

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada offers a number of services and information for Canadian consumers. The information provided on their website includes financial literacy programs and some handy tools and calculators. One of our favourite tools is the Financial Goal Calculator . From the dashboard you can select a plan to get out of debt, or, set a savings goal. Both are easy to navigate and definitely worth your time.

Did you know that as of November 13, 2017, iAB Financial was transitioned into FirstMerchants Bank? The merger was initially announced in February 2017. As stated on the website, "Customers of iAB Financial Bank will now have access to over 100 First Merchants Bank locations." For more information visit the welcome announcement on the First Merchants Bank website .

President's Choice Financial, otherwise known as PC Financial, customers are now being serviced by Simplii Financial . An article posted to the MacLean's Magazine website in August 2017 stated, "Loblaw Co. is quitting the banking business in a deal that will see two million President's Choice Financial mortgage and banking accounts automatically move to a new, low-fee banking brand operated by CIBC, called Simplii Financial." For further details and information on how this impacts PC Financial customers, you can read this article from The Financial Post .