The Mogo Blog

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

In the News: Mogo Founder and CEO on Huffington Post Canada

With a record $28 billion in profit last year alone, big banks are continuing to profit while the average Canadian suffers the burden. We think there’s a better way and are working hard to bring you products that are alternatives to traditional banking. But we can’t disrupt this massive and entrenched industry on our own. We need startups attacking the problem from all angles. Our CEO David Feller is featured over on Huffington Post Canada today talking about the huge opportunity we have to cha

Get answers with the new Mogo Online Help Centre

Have questions about Mogo or our loan products? This week we launched a new Help Centre to make it easier for you to get answers when you need them. The new Help Centre lets you search or browse by category to find what you’re looking for, and it should help you get the answers you’re looking for much faster – best of all, it’s available 24/7. Of course, there will always be questions about your account that can only be answered by one of our Care Centre team members, so you can still reach us