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“Mogovember” - Use our Prepaid Visa® Card to Help Raise Movember Bucks

Here at Mogo, we love creative solutions. That’s why we want to join the Movemeber movement, harness the power of the Mo, and shine a spotlight on the important men’s health issues that Movember addresses. [https://blog.mogo.ca/content/images/2015/04/movember-1.jpg] In addition to a few bristly upper lips around Mogo HQ, you’ll see some extra moustaches on hand — with the totally refined “Stache” card [https://www.mogo.ca/mogo-prepaid-visa-card-gallery/the-stache]. You know you want one! You

Don't be a sucker for rewards points

While non-rewards credit cards entice you to spend more than you have, rewards cards further tempt you by backhandedly rewarding you for putting yourself in debt, therefore increasing interest payments. A typical credit card rewards program will give you the equivalent of $10-$20 in rewards value for every $1,000 you spend. Don’t be a sucker who overspends by thousands of dollars just to earn a few dollars in rewards. Quite frankly, the numbers just don’t add up. A recent study [http://mozo.co

Spend your money on what you love

Stop spending it on interest and fees Spending money is fun when you’re spending it on the things that make you happy. We think that you should be making more of these fun transactions by reducing the amount you spend on unnecessary bank fees and interest charges caused from overspending. The problem is that credit cards and debit cards aren’t effective tools for managing your spending money and their fees are built around making you pay for your mistakes. Credit cards make it way too easy f

Grab life by the fun money

Fun money is the best money. It’s the money that gets you onto the ski hill with friends, up close at your favorite concert or on a beach in the dead of winter. We’ve been sharing ideas about how happiness comes from experiences, notmaterial items, and research shows that the more you focus away from money, the happier you’ll be. If you can avoid the sudden urges to purchase material items, you’ll be able to save your hard earned dough for fun experiences and be happier. [![Mike Tyson didn't

Artist Series: Q+A with Mike Joyce, Graphic Designer and Creator of Swissted

We’re big fans of excellent design here at Mogo and have been working closely with a group of talented designers to bring you over 30 Mogo Card designs. In this blog series, we’ll profile some of the designers we’ve been working with, his or her latest project and showcase the limited edition Mogo Card design(s) created exclusively for the Mogo community. The Mogo Card Artist Series This spring, we’re thrilled to release the Mogo Card Artist Series with the first cards by world renowned artist