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Bank Fees:

Make sure you’re not paying too much with Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s interactive Cost of Banking Guide

Credit Card Rates:

Select the best credit card for you and answer your questions about credit cards with Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s Interactive Credit Card Tool

Credit Reporting

The three major credit reporting agencies:

• Equifax Canada
• Northern Credit Bureaus

• Trans Union of CanadaOther consumer reporting companies:
• Keyfacts Canada (investigative consumer reporting)
• Rent Check (tenant blacklist)
• Landlords Source Centre (tenant blacklist)
• VeriCheck (cheque verification)

• TeleCheck (cheque verification)Other Canadian sources of information:
• Hows Your Credit Rating? by the Canadian Lawyer’s Index
• Moneysense Magazine
• Consumer Reporting Act from the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services

• Your Credit Report: Consumer Tipsheet from Service AlbertaSelected US Information Sources
• Federal Trade Commission Identity Theft Page
• Nightmare on Credit Street Page Public Interest Research Groups
• Credit InfoCenter
• Victims of Credit Reporting

• The Credit Scoring Site
  

  Auto insurance:

• Consumers Guide to Insurance