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Headline details Consumers have a better understanding of their rights about signing up for a credit card than they do about credit card limit increases.
Why is this important?
Credit cards are offered by many different financial institutions and are used by a large number of Canadians. Understanding the complexities of these products and understanding consumer rights when using these products can be challenging.
The analysis is based on research and the findings supplied by the adopters of the National Financial Literacy Strategy Measurement Plan. The related findings can be found at the bottom of this page.
Related priorities
This headline relates to the following National Financial Literacy Strategy priorities and target outcomes:
Awareness remains highest among consumers that a bank cannot issue a credit card without the client’s prior approval (78%, unchanged from 2019).
Initiative: Survey of Consumers' Awareness of their Financial Rights and Responsibilities
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Awareness remains highest among consumers that banks are required to provide easy-to-understand information on the cost of financial products and services they offer (81%, unchanged from 2019).
Initiative: Survey of Consumers' Awareness of their Financial Rights and Responsibilities
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Consumers' understanding that a bank cannot increase their credit card limit without their approval has declined since 2019 (down 3 points to 57% versus 60%).
Initiative: Survey of Consumers' Awareness of their Financial Rights and Responsibilities
Adopter: Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Disclaimer
Disclaimer: The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada does not endorse, directly or indirectly, any adopters of the Measurement Plan, nor does it make any representations or warranties, express or implied, concerning the adopters' products or services or their fitness for a particular purpose.
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