Job applicants who make the cut at TD Canada Trust get something else with their formal offer of employment: a form asking them to agree to a personal credit check. "We do credit checks on all ...

A Future Shop spokesman says the chain checks with Equifax to ensure a credit card is valid and isn't stolen. Future Shop, one of Canada's biggest electronics chains, is making soft credit checks on ...

Your credit report is a summary of your financial and borrowing history. It lists your outstanding loans and open credit accounts, and it gives lenders a sense of how risky or trustworthy you are as a ...