The Mogo Blog

The Best Apps for Managing Money

Your iPhone becomes even more valuable when you add some money-conscious apps. Here are the top 10 paid financial apps that’ll help you track and save your money. **1. **Spend 2. Checkbook 3. Loan Calculator Pro **4. **iXpenseIt 5. Save Benjis 6. Tip Calculator Top 7. Currency Converter Pro 8. CompareMe 9. BillMinder (40% off) 10. Accounts Find more money saving apps at: http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-everything/managing-money.html

Ridiculous NSF Fees From The Big 5 Banks!

If you bounce a cheque you’re going to get hit hard. Up to $80.00 to be exact. The big 5 banks’ NSF fees vary from $40 to $42.50. They’re not easy to find but we found most of them: • TD – http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/accounts/fees.jsp• CIBC – http://www.cibc.com/ca/pdf/personal-acct-service-fees-en.pdf• ScotiaBank –http://scotiabank.com/cda/content/0,1608,CID437_LIDen,00.html#table3• BMO – http://www4.bmo.com/personal/0,2273,35649_36673,00.html• RBC http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/products/depos

Take Advantage of a Seat Sale with Mogo & Save!

Mike is all about making smart financial decisions! He needs to take advantage of a 1/2 price seat sale on West Jet where he can save $500 (compared to the regular fare price and closest competitors flight) but he doesn’t have the full $500 needed to purchase the ticket. He currently only has $200 in cash. He gets $300 in Zip Money and pays for the ticket and saves $500. He can then pay back $100 every 2 weeks until he owes nothing. Assuming he borrows at $10 per $100, he pays a $30 fee in we

Become a Fan of Mogo & Win a BBQ in Time for Summer!

Become a fan of Mogo on Facebook, leave a wall post about how you plan to cut out needless expense this summer and you could win a Safari Chef BBQ! Stop ordering those expensive prime steaks and save by becoming your own chef. Remember, as your payday loan and bounced cheque fee alternative Mogo can save you money. Up to 83% to be exact! Contest ends July 14, 2009. The lucky winner will be notified by a Facebook message. Mogo’s mission is to save Canadians over $1 billion in high fees.