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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for December 2018

Most promotions started on November 1, 2018, so there are only a few minor changes this month. I ranked the credit cards by the price of the annual fees (lowest to highest): BMO SPC Air Miles MasterCard – no annual…

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for November 2018

Several promotions expired at the end of October, so there are quite a few changes and extensions this month.

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers
If you would like to see other lists as well, please let us know in the comment section below.

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for November 2018

Quite a few cards promotions are expired at the end of last month, but many promotions began this new month. I ranked the credit cards by the price of the annual fees (lowest to highest): BMO SPC Air Miles MasterCard…

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Ranking the Credit Card Portfolios of Each Canadian Financial Institutions (updated November 1, 2018)

It has been 6 months since my last update, so I think it was due. Since last time, I started a new ranking system where I just flat our ranked the credit card companies, rather than grouping them. Note that promotions are factored into the rankings, but because they are only temporary offers, more weight is put into their regular offers.

Below are my personal rankings of each company, along with a commentary and a list of some of my top credit card picks for each financial institution.

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for October 2018

Most promotional offers are running until the end of October, so few changes from last month.

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers
If you would like to see other lists as well, please let us know in the comment section below.

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for September 2018

Most promotional offers are running until the end of October, so few changes from last month.

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers
If you would like to see other lists as well, please let us know in the comment section below.

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for September 2018

Quite a few cards came off the list from last month (e.g. TD, RBC), so it is currently very slim pickings. I was hoping that we would see some momentum this fall as we close out the year strong. Hopefully things will pick up next month.

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for August 2018

Most promotional offers are running until the end of October, so few changes from last month. 

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

Top Cash Back Credit Card Offers
Top Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonus Offers

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Top Credit Card Higher than Normal Sign Up Bonuses for August 2018

I am a little late on this list compared to normal. The reason is because there were very few changes to this list, so I wanted to give it more time to see if something comes up. Unfortunately, nothing significant has come up.

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on:

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Best Current First Year Fee Waived Cards for July 2018

Quite a few promotions expired at the end of June. Many of them got extended till the end of October, others fell off the list (namely AMEX and a couple of BMO cards). Furthermore, a few others made it to the list this month. So for, this has been a fairly strong list of promotions that waives the first year fee. 

Note that we also have two other types of monthly lists going on: