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Financial services companies offering small business financial services in Canada.
Financial services companies of Canada :
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Canadian Bank Note
Company
The Canadian Bank Note Company is responsible for printing
the paper currency of Canada. It also prints and provides document reading
systems for identification cards, lottery tickets, stamps and notes for other
countries, and many other security-conscious printing-related services. They are
well known for their passports, driver's licenses, and other important documents
for various nations and jurisdictions around the world.
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CI Financial
CI Financial Income Fund is a diversified wealth management
firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and is one of Canada’s largest investment
fund companies.
The company has been publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange since June
1994 and converted from a corporation to an income trust in June 2006. CI’s
units are listed on the TSX under the symbol CIX.UN. CI can be found on the Web
at [www.ci.com/cix]
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Email Money Transfer
Interac Email Money Transfer (EMT) is a funds
transfer service between personal accounts at participating Canadian financial
institutions. The provider of this service is CertaPay, a division of Acxsys
Corporation. If you bank in Canada you will be able to send the world's first,
interbank-based Interac Email Money Transfers.
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Equifax
Canada
Equifax Canada Inc is one of 3 agencies (the other 2 being
Transunion Canada and Experian) providing credit bureau and information reports
for businesses, including the financial sector. Owned by Equifax Inc of Atlanta,
Georgia, Equifax Canada is based in Toronto, Ontario.
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Equirex
Equirex Leasing Corp., is a Canadian capital leasing (or
Asset-based lending) company with its headquarters in Oakville, Ontario. Founded
in 1996, Equirex finances leases in every province in Canada.
The company serves multiple markets including agricultural leases, "B-Finance"
capital leases, and industrial equipment leases.
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Interac
Interac Association is a Canadian organization linking
enterprises that have proprietary networks so that they may communicate with
each other for the purpose of exchanging electronic financial transactions. The
Association was founded in 1984 as a cooperative venture between five financial
institutions: Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, Scotiabank, Toronto-Dominion Bank, and
Desjardins.
By 2005, there were over 80 member organizations and there were over 51,000
Automated Banking Machines that can be accessed through the Interac network. In
Canada, the word Interac is often used as a synonym for debit card.
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Moneris Solutions
Moneris Solutions is Canada’s largest processor and
acquirer of debit and credit card payments. Moneris was established in December
2000 as a joint investment between RBC Royal Bank and BMO Bank of Montreal.
Moneris is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and has a contact centre in
Sackville, New Brunswick. Moneris’ U.S. operations (formerly known as Harris
Bank Merchant Services/The Charge-It-System) are based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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RSM Richter
RSM Richter is one of the largest independent accounting
firms in Canada. The firm offers accounting and business advisory services,
primarily to mid-sized companies. It includes 61 partners and 550 professionals,
with offices in Montréal, Toronto and Calgary. It is also a member firm of RSM
International, the seventh largest network of accounting and consultancy firms
in the world.
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TSX Group
The TSX Group Inc. (TSX: X) owns and operates Canada's two
major stock exchanges, the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the TSX Venture Exchange,
formerly known as the CDNX. TSX Group is a cornerstone of the Canadian financial
system and is at the centre of Canada's equity capital market. TSX Group owns
and operates Canada's two national stock exchanges - Toronto Stock Exchange
serving the senior equity market, and TSX Venture Exchange serving the public
venture equity market - as well as NGX, which trades and clears natural gas and
electricity contracts. From its preeminent domestic base, TSX Group's reach
continues to extend internationally, providing the global financial community
with access to Canada's equity capital market.
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Thomson
Financial
Thomson Financial was an arm of The Thomson Corporation,
formerly one of the world's leading information companies, focused on providing
integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.
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TransUnion Canada
Based in Hamilton, Ontario, TransUnion Canada is one of
three credit reporting agencies in Canada. Like their main competitor, Equifax
Canada, they now market their credit reports directly to consumers, in addition
to their core business of providing the reports to potential creditors.
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