The Mogo Blog

In our first blog post in the New Year’s Money Resolutions series we talked all about facing your holiday credit card debt head on (and what to do about it). Check it out here [https://blog.mogo.ca/new-years-spending-hangover-blog-series] for a refresher. If you’re like a lot of Canadians and you blew the budget over the holidays, let’s talk about that credit card that’s maxed to the limit.... Maxing out your your credit card has a negative impact on your credit score. And we’re not just ta

We’re feeling all inspired to ditch our stuff and simplify our lives after binging on The Minimalists [http://www.theminimalists.com/] documentary on Netflix. If you don’t know what we’re talking about or haven’t watched it yet, you know what your plans are tonight. Get on it. Here’s a nice little recap [https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/05/27/minimalists-find-meaning-by-ditching-the-stuff.html] in the meantime. Basically they’re challenging consumerism, and the concept of being attached to ou

So, you overspent and overate. Your finances are feeling as tight as your fave pair of jeans. You said you’d stick to your holiday budget but then you found the new Snapchat Spectacles [https://www.spectacles.com/] on eBay and obvi needed to buy a pair for your bae—okay, and maybe one for yourself too. You blew it. But instead of commiserating in a pool of self-loathing and anguish (so dramatic), face your spending hangover head on with our New Year's money remedies. No, we’re not going to reco