Hardbacon

It is with a heavy heart that I write this last post for Hardbacon. Indeed, all employees of Hardbacon (Bacon Financial Technologies Inc.) have been let go, and our operations are now suspended. The company will declare bankruptcy in the coming days, and it is possible that third parties may purchase some of our assets from the trustee. If that happens, Hardbacon might have a second life.

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By Heidi Unrau | Fact-checked by Maude Gauthier | Published on 24 Jan 2024 RBC has begun the transition from HSBC banking products to its own. In fact, in January 2024, RBC began sending information to customers about which RBC credit card will replace their HSBC card. Here’s what you need to know and some great alternatives to consider. In late November of 2022, RBC announced it had struck a deal to acquire the Canadian arm of the international banking giant HSBC.

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By Meagen Seatter | Fact-checked by Maude Gauthier | Published on 31 Oct 2023 PostShareSharePostPinSendSend What’s up with vertical credit cards? By 2024, Mastercard will forego the magnetic stripe in favour of tap-to-pay technology, but that’s not the only big change coming to credit cards. For the last 60 years, credit cards have maintained the same horizontal landscape design, but vertical credit cards are about to completely revolutionize the industry.