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• Financial Services
  • PIAC Letter to Minister of Finance re: Toronto Dominion’s Withdrawal from the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments
  • Objection to the proposed incorporation of Rogers Communications Inc. to carry on the business of banking in Canada
  • An open letter to the G20 finance ministers and G20 leaders from Consumers International
  • PIAC Comments on the OBSI Consultation Paper Suitability and Loss Assessment Process
  • Consumers need more comprehensive protection against late payment penalties
  • Worldwide consumer organisations sign open letter to G20 calling for financial protection for “real people”
  • G20 Summit Seoul: PIAC asks PM to support protection measures for consumers of financial products
  • All along the watchtower: seeking the future of Canada’s payments system
  • Saskatchewan Payday Loan Rate Among Nation’s Highest; Will Hurt Most Vulnerable Consumers in Economic Downturn
  • Consumers Left Out in the Code
  • Regulate Financial Planners in the Public Interest
  • New PIAC Report Studies Importance of Credit Cards to Canadians
  • Proposed Ontario Payday Loan Rate Astronomically High
  • Are You Sure You Want to Continue? Consumer Authentication at the Crossroads
  • Consumer Group Report Reveals High-interest Borrowing Pitfalls
  • Credit Counselling: A Way Forward
  • Credit Reporting
    • Credit Reporting: How Are Consumers Faring?
  • Identity Theft
    • Canadian Consumer Initiative Identity Theft Policy Position
    • Identity Theft as a Justification for a National Identity Card
    • Identity Theft Insurance – Miserly Upon Misery
    • Identity Theft News and Links
    • Identity Theft: The Need for Better Consumer Protection
      • PIAC RELEASES REPORT ON IDENTITY THEFT
  • Payday Lending
    • Consumer Measures Committee
    • Fringe Lending and “Alternative Banking”?
    • Payday Lender Responds to PIAC Report
    • Pragmatic Solutions to Payday Lending: Regulating Fringe Lending and “Alternative Banking"
  • Banking
    • PIAC comments on Ontario proposals for mutual fund disclosures
      • Link to proposals
    • Speaking Notes on Bill C-38
    • “White-label” ATMs
    • Advocis/POLLARA Report on Canadian’s Views of Banks and Life and Health Insurance
    • Automatic Teller fees
      • Say NO to ATM Convenience Fees!
        • Letter re ATM fees
    • Bank Mergers and the Public Interest
    • Bank Mergers Flash Presentation
    • Canadians Attitudes to Financial Services
    • CBA Research Report on Banks and Insurance: Canadian Attitudes toward Access to Insurance Information and Obligation to Purchase
    • Comments on Bill C-38
    • Comments regarding the creation of a new framework for electronic fund transfers in Canada
    • Consumers Benefit Through New Federal Banking Policies and Regulation
    • Financial Service Sector Reform
    • Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector
      • Presentation
    • Government Must Go Further with Reform of Income Trusts Consumer Group Concludes
    • Negative Option Marketing
    • PIAC Applauds New Financial Sector Legislation
    • Rural Bank Branch Closures
    • Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
    • Time to cut up your debit card?
  • Links
  • PIAC Reports
  • PIAC Media Releases
  • Other PIAC Documents