Loans & Cash Advance

Running a business in Calgary, Edmonton, or anywhere across Alberta brings its own mix of opportunity and pressure, and at some point most owners need outside capital to start, steady, or scale. A business loan can be the tool that...

Payday loans can look like a lifeline when an emergency expense lands before your next paycheque. They're fast, easy to apply for (often entirely online), and usually skip the credit check — which is exactly why people with bad or...

Trying to find a business loan with no credit history — or with a credit score that's seen better days? It's harder, but it's far from impossible. Lenders lean heavily on your personal and business credit to gauge repayment risk,...

Opening a restaurant — or expanding the one you have — is equal parts excitement and sticker shock. Somewhere between choosing a menu and hiring staff comes the least glamorous but most unavoidable decision: how to pay for the kitchen....

If you're building out an assembly line, kitting out a job site, or acquiring the machinery a young company runs on, equipment financing is one of the most practical ways to grow without draining your cash. Because the equipment itself...

Kitting out a gym is expensive. Treadmills, racks, plate-loaded machines, cardio banks, functional-training rigs — a single studio fit-out can run well into six figures before you've hung a sign. Paying cash for all of it drains the working capital...

The Credit Counselling Society (CCS) is one of the best-known non-profit credit counselling agencies in Canada. Founded in 1996 and based in New Westminster, BC, it offers free credit counselling, low-cost debt management programs, and financial education to Canadians struggling...

If you're an entrepreneur or startup owner trying to land a small business loan in Canada at the best possible rate and terms, it helps to know exactly what lenders look at before they say yes. Approval isn't a mystery...

Carma Auto Finance is a Vaughan, Ontario lender that built its name on non-prime auto leasing and financing — car loans for people with bruised credit, no credit, or a past bankruptcy. If you're researching them in 2026, though, there's...

AutoCapital Canada is a familiar name in Canadian non-prime auto lending. Its pitch is simple: financing for people the banks turn away, including applicants with bad credit, no credit, or a past insolvency. The obvious question is how a lender...

If you run a business in Canada, you've almost certainly come across the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). It's one of the go-to funding options for entrepreneurs from coast to coast, offering loans, consulting, and advisory services all under...

If you run a small business in Canada and you've been turned down by the bank, you've probably run into Greenbox Capital. The pitch is speed: money in your account within a day or two, minimal paperwork, no hard credit-score...