The Mogo Blog

How much are you really paying for overdraft fees?

Basically, it’s borrowed funds to cover you when you don’t have enough money in your bank account. When your bank sells you the overdraft option on your bank account, they probably won’t go into detail about how much it actually costs every month. A few bucks here and there—no biggie, right? Well think about it this way: if you didn’t have to pay those overdraft fees, you could probably save enough to not feel guilty about Happy Hour on Friday. Meet Lindsey & Tod ![](/content/images/2015/11/mog

Survey time: would a scrub get love from you?

Hey, it’s Chantel. [https://twitter.com/chantelchapman] You look like you’ve got an opinion on dating. Right? (Yeah you do.) I’m doing a little research on financial fitness, specifically, to see just how important people think finances are to their dating lives. So... are you dating a scrub? [https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6ZGY6G9]Want to be part of our research group? Hit that button below—and stay tuned for results to see what your fellow daters think! TAKE THE SURVEY [https://www.surveymon

It’s official: tech people think Mogo is super innovative

We’re in the Canadian Innovation Exchange’s (CIX) Public Investor Day Top 20! [http://publicinvestorday.com/cix-public-markets-top-20/] Okay that’s a mouthful, but we’re super stoked because it’s a cool program designed to showcase Canada’s hottest public tech companies. Out of hundreds of Canadian small and mid-cap tech companies, tech experts and investors across Canada chose only the 20 most innovative companies. And we’re one of them. Yay! Our CFO, Greg Feller, will be presenting on November

Fintech vs The Banks: The Disruption Is Real

Netflix. Uber. Amazon. All three companies permanently disrupted their industries with a more convenient experience and superior value proposition (better product, lower cost) through technology. In each company’s history, there was a point at which they went from novel concept to innovator to major threat to the leading solution. Along the way, there was an oh sh*t moment for the incumbents. This is happening today in financial services through technology, as witnessed by the massive global gr