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Businesses urged to claim their share of multimillion-dollar class-action settlement with Visa, Mastercard
Statistics Canada says household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income was 170.4 per cent in the fourth quarter. A consumer pays with a credit card at a store in Montreal on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
small business
Delays to Ottawa’s pledge to lower credit card transaction fees has small businesses worried
Juliann Barry, owner of Reveiller Afriq, poses for a photograph with the Square credit card terminal, at her store in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Russia shuts down CBC/Radio-Canada’s Moscow bureau, removes journalist accreditations
The CBC logo is seen outside the CBC building in Toronto on Wednesday, April 4, 2012.
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Stress Test French transcript: Gas prices are soaring. Are electric vehicles an affordable solution?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
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Stress Test transcript: Gas prices are soaring. Are electric vehicles an affordable solution?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
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Stress Test French transcript: Returning to the office will cost you and not everyone’s willing to pay
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
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Canadians are piling on credit card debt again
Close up hand of customer paying with smartphone. Cashier hand holding credit card reader machine and wearing protective disposable gloves at bar counter, while client holding phone for NFC payment. Woman wearing face mask while paying bill with mobile phone during Covid-19 pandemic.
international business
Mastercard’s first-quarter profit jumps as cross-border travel exceeds pre-pandemic levels
FILE PHOTO: Mastercard Inc. credit cards are displayed in this picture illustration taken December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD
carrick on money
A four-alarm warning about inflation’s impact on your finances
Rob Carrick
opinion
U.K.’s high-potential tech-talent visa plan is worth considering in Canada
opinion
Canada needs to design buildings that will shrink its disaster credit card balance
Keith Porter
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Stress Test French transcript: Cryptocurrencies are booming. But should you invest?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
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Stress Test transcript: Cryptocurrencies are booming. But should you invest?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
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Stress Test French transcript: Parents are bankrolling their kids’ house down payments - but can they afford it?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
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Stress Test transcript: Parents are bankrolling their kids’ house down payments - but can they afford it?
Introducing a new podcast from The Globe and Mail that delves into the topics impacting the wallets of Canadians between the ages of 20 and 40.
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Canadians look to welcome Ukrainian relatives, refugees
Olga Renneberg, right, and her mother, Liudmyla Volovyk, are shown in this recent handout image. Volovyk arrived in Edmonton on Monday after escaping the war in Ukraine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Olga Renneberg *MANDATORY CREDIT*
world
Zelensky pleads with U.S. Congress to send more planes to Ukraine
In this photo taken from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city Sunday and Russian troops put increasing pressure on strategic ports in the country's south following a wave of attacks on airfields and fuel facilities elsewhere that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
international business
Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia after assault on Ukraine
FILE - In this July 5, 2018 photo, women wearing traditional head dresses wait to greet Visa cardholders who won trips to the 2018 soccer World Cup, at the Marriott Novy Arbat Hotel, taken over by visa for the duration of the World Cup in Moscow, Russia. Mastercard and Visa are suspending their operations in Russia, the companies said Saturday, March 5, 2022, in the latest blow to the country's financial system after its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
household finances
Returning online orders is already a nuisance. Buy now, pay later plans can make it worse
A Sezzle logo is shown in a person's online shopping cart on a laptop in Vernon, B.C. on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Canadians who are online shopping can purchase their goods this way during the checkout process: buy now, pay later. The offers come from fintechs like PayBright, Afterpay, Sezzle, Klarna, QuadPay and Affirm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Johnston