A guide to emergency savings.
If your car broke down and needed a $1500 repair to be back on the road, could you pay the bill without going into debt? If you lost your job…
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How to set a budget you’ll actually use.
Budgets. A word many people dread because of its association with restrictions, hassle, and headaches. But unlike your favourite hairdo from the early 90s, budgets are still in style –…
How a TFSA can up your investment game
A Tax-Free Savings Account (or TFSA) is like a stretchy rubber band. It’s one of the more flexible financial planning tools available to us. It allows you to earn interest…
What it’s like being on the Youth Community Council
In 2013, we launched the Coast Capital Youth Community Councils to help serve our primary trade areas: Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley & Okanagan and Vancouver Island, with a unique purpose for the…
What’s the Right Financing for Your Business?
There are more ways for small businesses to access lending today than ever before, but choosing the right financing option can tricky. Sometimes business owners will consider dipping into their…
How to keep your money and information safe while you travel
Passport? Check. Flight itinerary? Check. Wallet? Check. We constantly check our backpacks, pockets, and money belts to ensure these items are still safely stored when we’re travelling. We wouldn’t want…
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Managing Your Money
Making complicated money matters easier.
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Tips on how to handle holiday debt
The holidays can be a joyful season. They can also make a solid dent in your bank account or worse, on your credit card. To help you get through the…
Holiday shopping on a budget.
The arrival of December usually means one thing: the holidays are upon us. You may have already opened up a few doors on your advent calendar. An influx of festive…
How porting your mortgage can save you money
Are you in your forever home? Do you plan to move sometime soon? Regardless of which life stage you’re in, as a homeowner, the option to port or move your…
Grow Your Money
Tips to help you make the most of your investments.
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How to automate saving
I know what you’re thinking, and no, it’s not a robot who swipes a $20 out of your wallet every two weeks and moves it to a piggy bank. Well,…
How much money do you need to retire?
Short answer: it depends. Long answer: a lot of times it’s the amount of money we’ve saved and our lifestyle goals that truly determine when we can retire. The average…
Understanding your financial risk tolerance
All investments have some degree of risk involved. Finding where you fit on that scale is critical to your financial success. Too much financial risk can cause panic or sleepless…
In Your Community
Learn more about how we help youth in your community.
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What it’s like being on the Youth Community Council
In 2013, we launched the Coast Capital Youth Community Councils to help serve our primary trade areas: Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley & Okanagan and Vancouver Island, with a unique purpose for the…
Celebrating the Power of Youth Community Heroes
This summer, we were on the hunt for your local community superstars. While the Coast Capital Community Leadership Team were out and about in our local communities along with our…
The Value of Volunteering
Coast Capital has been the Tour Sponsor of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer tours, which raises funds for pediatric cancer research and caring support programs like Camp Goodtimes,…
Small Business Centre
Tips and articles to help your small business thrive.
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What’s the Right Financing for Your Business?
There are more ways for small businesses to access lending today than ever before, but choosing the right financing option can tricky. Sometimes business owners will consider dipping into their…
Let’s give credit to small business
Do you give credit the credit it deserves? If you’re planning to start your own business, or even grow your existing one, credit can be instrumental to your success. And…
5 essential small business banking tips
Small business owners face myriad challenges in today’s fluctuating markets, not the least of them financial. Aside from hiring and retaining employees, attracting and keeping clients and finding time for…
News & Innovation
Get all the details on what we're up to.
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Coast Capital is a credit union. But what does that mean?
Back in the 1940s, it was difficult for people to get access to the banking services that they really needed. Credit unions came to the rescue of communities across…
Why we’re proud to be a Certified B Corp®
Coast Capital recently became a Certified B Corporation®, joining a growing movement of change-makers using business as a force for good. But what does that really mean? We sat down with…
One employee’s take on financial literacy.
At Coast Capital, we’re all about helping our members achieve financial well-being, and our employees are a key part in helping us deliver on this. We recently ran a contest…
Working at Coast
All about working at Coast Capital Savings.
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Power to the World: From Coast to Kathmandu
Empowering and encouraging our employees to give back by volunteering is a big part of what we do here at Coast Capital. We believe that when you give your time,…
Coast Capital named on Best for the World list
Over a year ago Coast Capital became a B Corp, joining a growing movement of change-makers using business as a force for good. And now, in just one year, we’re…
Diversity & Inclusion at Coast Capital
“We’re not all the same, and we like it that way.” That’s our Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Commitment Statement here at Coast Capital. It’s simple but impactful. We work hard…
Staying Secure
Your security is our priority. Make it yours too with these helpful articles.
Explore topicYour security is our priority. Make it yours too with these helpful articles.
How to keep your money and information safe while you travel
Passport? Check. Flight itinerary? Check. Wallet? Check. We constantly check our backpacks, pockets, and money belts to ensure these items are still safely stored when we’re travelling. We wouldn’t want…
Protecting yourself on your phone
We get it – your phone is your life line. We like our phones just as much as the next person, but it’s important to make sure you’re using it…
How to protect yourself online
The internet is a part of most peoples’ daily lives now. Shopping, banking, networking – you name it, we do it online. It’s also a point of weakness for fraudsters…
