More customers are depending on their smartphones, so Desjardins Insurance is offering a solution.
Canadian banks clocked an impressive 2012, but also face upcoming growth challenges.
Batman fans around the world are known to hoard related merchandise – the suit, tees, action figures, and even briefs – but Batman superfans, apparently, are driven more by the real deal. That is, the original Batmobile with a price tag of $4.2 million. Last weekend, one such fan from Arizona bought the superhero conveyance […]
Apple loves to keep its rivals under the pump. Just weeks after winning a $1.05 billion patent infringement award against Samsung in a jury trial, the U.S. tech giant is back for more. This time, the two rivals are locking horns over “rounded corners and other elements of smartphone design,” says an FT report. Apple […]
Surveys have long predicted the growing popularity of cashless payments. And now, the Canadian Government has expanded the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry to include mobile payments.
Twitter is smaller than online giants Google and Facebook, but the little social media engine expects to generate at least US$1-billion in sales in 2014, reports Financial Post. It says EMarketer researchers predict Twitter advertising sales—which account for almost all its revenue—will rise to US$540-million in 2014, up from US$139.5-million last year. Read: Engage clients […]
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is asking Finance Minister Flaherty to strengthen the government’s Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada. The group’s request follows recent news that mobile payment options are rapidly expanding and growing in popularity. It also comes on the heels of a $7.25 billion […]
Is mobile banking the way of the future? While only a small minority have turned to it so far, the trend is growing, says the most recent issue of the Ipsos Canadian Inter@ctive Reid Report. More than one-in-10 online Canadians (12%) have completed transactions using their mobile device in the past three months, shooting up […]
The Empire Life Insurance Company has launched a new iPad application that provides simple, fast quotes on up to four term insurance products at once.
Kids’ financial literacy? There’s an app for that. Want to trade equities on the fly, there’s an app for that, too. Signing up for an RESP? Check. It was only a matter of time insurance industry got one of their own.