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Reports
A Small Investor Protection Association report on the world of financial advisors
banking industry
Jul 12, 2017
As banks close branches in rural Canada, are credit unions our only hope?
Nora Loreto
Banking jobs are moving online, where both customers and workers lose real-life interaction, and worse, in many cases, are replaced with nothing so that the banks can continue to make record profits.
May 12, 2016
In Canada's concentrated banking industry, what we need is a public bank
While the Trudeau government's review of Canada Post is primarily focused on the issue of reinstating home delivery, the prospect of postal banking may be the more far-reaching and intriguing idea.
May 1, 2014
Harper spares Canada's multi-billion-dollar banks from competition
Instead of opting for an idea which promised to increase competition in the banking sector and produce higher profits for Canada Post, the Harper government settled for a "lose-lose" strategy.
Jul 4, 2012
Canada: Land of mines and banks
Just in time for Canada Day, the Globe and Mail's Report on Business issued its annual Top 1000 rankings of the thousand largest publicly traded companies in Canada.
Jun 16, 2009
Weekly Audit: Reining in the subprime scoundrels
The Media Consortium
This week's Audit looks ahead to President Obama's financial regulatory overhaul and review some of the abuses from the subprime establishment.
Jun 9, 2009
Weekly Audit: Ending the economic status quo
The Media Consortium
The banking lobby still holds enough sway inside the Beltway to torpedo sensible consumer protection rules, even after releasing many predatory mortgages that kicked off the current economic crisis.
Apr 28, 2009
Weekly Audit: Curbing credit card abuses
The Media Consortium
This week's Audit takes a look at the credit card legislation moving through Congress that will rein in abusive lenders.
