The Mogo Blog

Meet Mary Young - one of our financial models (pun intended)

A local success story from Ontario, Mary Young, CEO & Designer at MARY YOUNG, [http://maryyoung.ca/] is making a statement with her lifestyle and lingerie line. After starring in our latest ad campaign (Finances with benefits, y’all), Mary sat down with us to answer a few questions on her #girlboss style. So… what’s your company all about?Mary: My company is a women’s lifestyle lingerie and loungewear clothing line that focuses on encouraging women to embrace their natural shape to feel comfort

Mogo presents…Pop-up Picnic in the Park

Calling all bruhs and baes! Thursday, July 7th you and your squad are invited to enter to win tickets to the launch party of the MogoLounge, based in the heart of the Six. The Lounge will be the home of future Adulting 101 events, Pop Up shops featuring cool collabs like our last pop up with Amber Rose [https://blog.mogo.ca/amber-rose-muva/] all inside a chillin’ spot where you can lay low and chat finance with some of our financial stylists and guap gurus. ![](/content/images/2016/06/mogo_Mogo

“How does Mogo determine my rate?”

So you signed up for a MogoAccount [https://www.mogo.ca/signup] and checked your rate. It didn’t hurt your credit score, you got to see your credit score, and you’re now a MogoMember, so congrats! Now that you know your rate, you’re probably wondering “How did Mogo come up with that?” Just like how other lenders can’t give away their secret sauce (it would make it too easy for unscrupulous fraudsters to game the system), we can’t share every detail of our algorithms. Here’s what we can tell you

#FinancesWithBenefits Mashup

If you haven’t been reading the papers or the news online lately, we did something that we’re pretty sure no other company has done before: an ad campaign with a different ad almost every day. These ads featured people from the Mogo [https://www.mogo.ca/fresh] team and influencers / entrepreneurs / cool people from Vancouver and Toronto. Because 1. Our team is awesome and 2. We think it’s important to support Canadian creators and entrepreneurs. ![](/content/images/2016/06/mogo_ads-campaign_ind

A Letter from Dave

At our first AGM as a publicly traded company, we looked back on what Mogo has achieved this year and previewed the exciting new products that will be launching soon. But we thought you should hear it from our CEO himself. ![](/content/images/2016/06/Mogo_quote-1.jpg)Last week, we held our first annual general meeting as a public company, at our new offices in downtown Vancouver. Since we went public in June 2015, it’s become even more clear that the financial services industry is undergoing a