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Simplii Financial was established following CIBC and the supermarket chain Loblaw Companies mutually deciding to end their 20-year joint venture of providing consumer banking services under the President's Choice Financial brand. [4] [5] As a completely online banking service, Simplii Financial has no branch locations.
In October 2022, Wealthsimple announced that it had become Canada's first nonbank, non-credit-union to be approved for a direct settlement account by the Bank of Canada, paving the way for its access to Canada's future real-time-rail payment system. [24] In October 2024, Wealthsimple launched their own travel eSIM with Gigs. [25]
The bank was founded by ING Group in April 1997 as ING Bank of Canada (operating as ING Direct). [1] In November 2012, it was acquired by Scotiabank. [ 4 ] The new name for the bank was revealed in November 2013, and the Tangerine branding was rolled out beginning in April 2014.
SoFi was founded in 2011 as a student loan refinancing company. In 2019, SoFi — , short for Social Finance — expanded into investment services, offering a user-friendly platform to new investors.
Schedule II: Banks allowed to accept deposits and which are subsidiaries of a foreign bank. Examples include AMEX Bank of Canada, Bank of China (Canada), Citibank Canada, HSBC Bank Canada, ICICI Bank Canada and Walmart Canada Bank. Like the Schedule I banks, the Schedule II banks are incorporated under the Bank Act. [20]
For instance, while your old 401(k) might charge 0.50% or more in annual management fees, many IRA providers charge no annual management fees and use low-cost index funds with expenses under 0.10%.
The bank was officially chartered federally in 2016 as a Schedule I bank under the Bank Act. [1] [3] As such, it is regulated by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) [3] and is a member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, a Crown corporation which insures all deposits into its member banks. [5]
Exchange Bank of Canada (1st) 1872 1883 Failed. [112] Exchange Bank of Toronto 1855 1858 Founded in 1855 as the Banking House of R.H. Brett, the name changed to the Exchange Bank of Toronto in 1856. Closed in 1858. [113] Exchange Bank of Yarmouth 1867 1903 Merged into the Bank of Montreal. [114] Farmers Bank of Canada 1906 1910 Failed. [115]