Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Credit Cards with High Minimum Income Requirements

ByMatt July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

Signing up for credit cards always have requirements to fulfil. The two most common ones are credit scores and meeting minimum income requirements. Today, we will focus on minimum income requirements. Usually, the common ones are $15,000, $30,000 or $60,000 personal income minimum. But there are other credit cards that are even higher and they are generally considered the “premium” credit cards, which offer a lot more perks and benefits.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Capital One | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

I Like Black Designed Credit Cards

ByMatt June 24, 2016August 1, 2016

This is more of a fun post about my personal feelings on credit cards with a lot of black in their design. This post is more of a continuation of a post written by Shirley back in September 2015 about the Coolest Looking Credit Cards.

Avion (RBC Rewards) | British Airways (Executive Club - Avios) | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

[PROMOTION] 30% RBC Rewards Conversion Bonus to British Airways’ Executive Club

ByMatt June 18, 2016June 17, 2016

The 30% RBC conversion bonus to British Airways Avios is back. Not as the 50% that has been offered in the past, but those days may be long gone at this point.

Discontinued Products | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Shoppers Optimum (Merged with PC Optimum)

[DISCONTINUED] RBC Shoppers Optimum MasterCard

ByMatt June 16, 2016August 1, 2016

It was only a matter of time before this credit card gets discontinued, since the Shoppers Drug Mart buyout by Loblaws, which runs the PC Plus program.

Top Credit Card Sign Up Bonuses for June 2016

ByMatt June 6, 2016September 20, 2023

Quite a few changes this month, especially with a slew of TD Aeroplan promotions coming off the list. The list has really trimmed down for the month of June.

Cathay Pacific (Asia Miles) | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Earn 30,000 Asia Miles with the RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum Visa

ByMatt May 19, 2016August 1, 2016

There is a current 30,000 Asia Miles sign up bonus promotions with the RBC Cathay Pacific Visa Platinum Visa. Note that the regular RBC website does not have this offer. The only advertise the 15,000 bonus offer instead. There is also a slight change in the features of the credit card which we will point out in this post.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) | Chase Canada (Discontinued) | MBNA | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) | Toronto Dominion (TD)

Top Credit Card Sign Up Bonuses for May 2016

ByMatt May 5, 2016September 20, 2023

Another month, another set of promotional offers to consider. Last month was a fairly extensively list. A bunch of credit cards got taken off the list this time around, but still a fair amount to choose from.

British Airways (Executive Club - Avios) | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

50,000 Bonus Avios is Back with RBC British Airways Visa Infinite Card

ByMatt April 5, 2016August 1, 2016

Royal Bank is once again offering a 50,000 sign up bonus Avios promotion with its British Airways Visa Infinite card. We saw this once back in the fall of 2015, so within 6 months, this promotion is back again.

Ranking the Credit Card Portfolios of Each Canadian Financial Institutions (updated April 1, 2016)

ByMatt April 1, 2016September 20, 2023

I will be looking to update this list every time I see some significant movement in the industry. This is the third time that this is being updated (February and March).

Top United States Credit Cards Offered in Canada (updated March 23, 2016)

ByMatt March 23, 2016October 17, 2017

It has been a while since we last updated this list. With the weak Canadian dollar, apparently slowly recovering, I thought I’d update the list of United States affiliated credit cards offered by Canadian financial institutions.