31 Oct Read this article: The trust machine
So much promise! The Economist | The promise of the blockchain: The trust machine The trust machine economist.com Previously posted on LinkedIn...
29 Oct Read this article: How The Gender Wage Gap Makes The Retirement Savings Crisis Worse
This article by Sally Krawcheck builds on Tiffany Bass Bulow's wonderful presentation for GWALS 'Saying Yes to Abundance'. It speaks to the importance of being financially astute, and the ease with which women can redefine their relationship to money and create abundance for themselves. How The Gender Wage Gap Makes The...
22 Oct Boost your day with just one great idea!
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It happened to me last week. I implemented just one great idea from one of the many GWALS pre-summit sessions, and BOOM! I got a huge BOOST in my day! Just One Idea worked for me "Time is the new money" ...
26 Jun History of eDeposit in Canada
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While researching my previous post on eDeposit for mobile apps in Canada, I came across a lot of information. I thought it might be useful to collate, consolidate and share. The number of checks paid continues to decline, falling to 18.3 billion, less than half the number a decade earlier (37.3 billion)....
22 Jun eDeposit cheques. TD, CIBC & Tangerine – who does it better?
Debating whether to e-deposit that cheque on your smartphone? While cheques may be going the way of the dodo, they are not yet out of the financial system in Canada. Birthday presents, baby-sitting money and post-dated rent cheques are still part of the regular money cycle.
31 May Ten Things my Teen has Taught me – Life Lessons from Relay
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My teen daughter’s high school hosts its bi-annual Cancer Society Relay for Life event tonight. Weeks after their previous relay in 2013 they launched their planning for tonight. My daughter signed up as one of the organizers for this challenge.
13 Jan Payments – Ideas to ‘watch’ for in 2015
The pace of developments in the digital payments arena accelerated rapidly in 2014, just as expected. There were a number of memorable announcements, most of them fast and furious in September. A number centred around new payment services, Apple, mobile phones and smart watches.
02 Jun Tangerine’s no fee chequing account
"100 days till I move into Res!" my child proudly proclaimed a few days ago, excited to be moving onto this next significant phase of his life, a University degree. He is not the only one venturing into new territory, however. Within the next 100 days I will also make...
26 May Timmy Me – is a co-branded credit card in the works?
Timmy Me! On a visit to my local Tim Hortons the other day, I was encouraged to see ads for the re-launch of their Timmy Me app. For my international readers, Tim Hortons is Canada's own coffee and donut store. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Timmys (as it is affectionately...
12 May Paym – the UK’s new P2P payment opportunity
What is PayM? Paym launched in the UK on Monday April 29, 2014 with much fanfare. It is a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment system launched by the Payments Council UK, and directed at anyone who is short on time, and willing to trade the pocketful of loose change necessary to make the smaller...