{"id":475681,"date":"2025-12-04T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/?p=475681"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:07:15","slug":"eqb-to-acquire-pc-financial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/news\/finance\/eqb-to-acquire-pc-financial\/","title":{"rendered":"EQB, Owner of EQ Bank, to Acquire PC Financial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EQB, parent company to EQ Bank, is set to acquire PC Financial from Loblaws Companies Ltd. in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loblaws Co. Ltd., will take around a 16% ownership stake in the bank, letting the company focus on their core retail business while also positioning their <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/guides\/strategies\/pc-financial-credit-cards\">PC Financial products<\/a> for improved long-term growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the acquisition, EQ Bank stands to grow their customer base from 607,000 to around 3.5 million, as well as become the exclusive financial partner with popular loyalty program <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/reward-program\/pc-optimum\/\">PC Optimum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"component component__quote wp-block-milesgutenberg-quote\">\n\t<div class=\"component__quote__icon\">\n\t\t<i class=\"fa-solid fa-quote-left\"><\/i>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"component__quote__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"component__quote__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>This new relationship between EQB and Loblaw will yield significant benefits to our customers, and those of EQ Bank. PC Financial&#8217;s products will be better positioned for long-term growth under EQB&#8217;s ownership, while maintaining the high level of quality and care our customers expect<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<cite>\n\t\t\t\t\u2013\u00a0Loblaw CFO Richard Dufresne<br>\t\t\t<\/cite>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n<figure class=\"component component__image has-text-align-center wp-block-milesgutenberg-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"miles_img img-large\" src=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EQ-Bank-and-PC-Financial-logos.png\" alt=\"EQ Bank and PC Financial logos\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"995\" height=\"327\">\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-are-eqb-and-pc-financial\">What are EQB and PC Financial?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eqb\">EQB<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>EQB is the owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/credit-cards\/eq-bank-card\/\">EQ Bank<\/a>, a digital-first Canadian bank that offers customers a range of financial products. It&#8217;s known for offering strong interest rates, limited to no fees, <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/avis\/cartes-credit\/best-no-foreign-transaction-fees-cards\/\">no FX card options<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of EQ Bank financial products include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"component component__list checkmarks\"><ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmarks\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/chequing-accounts\/eq-bank-personal-account\/\">EQ Bank Personal Account<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/savings-accounts\/eq-bank-notice-savings-account\/\">EQ Bank &#8211; Notice Savings Account<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/chequing-accounts\/eq-bank-joint-account\/\">EQ Bank &#8211; Joint Account<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/go\/eq-bank-fhsa\/\">EQ Bank &#8211; FHSA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/go\/eq-bank-rsp\/\">EQ Bank &#8211; RSP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/go\/eq-bank-gic\/\">EQ Bank &#8211; GIC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/go\/eq-bank-tfsa\/\">EQ Bank &#8211; TFSA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<aside class=\"component component__deferred_contents wp-block-milesgutenberg-deferred-contents\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='compare-simple'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='bank_account'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='6'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_bank_account container_template--compare-simple container_count--6 container_count--lots'\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tag=\"bank_account_tax\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-mc_issuer=\"48784\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"card card-list card-list-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar shimmer-dark shimmer-bar--short card-specs--title\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"component component__deferred_contents wp-block-milesgutenberg-deferred-contents\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='s-h'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='post'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='4'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_post container_template--s-h container_count--1'\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tag=\"post_id\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-post_ids=\"88339\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t<article class=\"post-preview\">\n\t<div class=\"post-preview-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-image\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"post-preview-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"simmer-bar-group\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pc-financial\">PC Financial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PC Financial is the financial division of the Loblaws Companies Ltd. and offers <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/cards\/pc-financial\/\">multiple PC Optimum-earning credit cards<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/news\/finance\/pc-money-account\/\">PC Money Account<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"component component__list checkmarks\"><ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmarks\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/credit-cards\/pc-mastercard\/\">PC<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Mastercard<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/credit-cards\/pc-world-mastercard\/\">PC<sup>&reg;<\/sup> World Mastercard<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/credit-cards\/pc-world-elite-mastercard\/\">PC<sup>&reg;<\/sup> World Elite Mastercard<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/credit-cards\/pc-insiders-world-elite-mastercard\/\">PC Insiders\u2122 World Elite Mastercard<sup>&reg;<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<aside class=\"component component__deferred_contents wp-block-milesgutenberg-deferred-contents\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='compare-simple'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='card'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='6'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_card container_template--compare-simple container_count--4'\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tag=\"card_id\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-post_ids=\"22760,22761,329347,22762\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-utm=\"wpb\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\n    <div class=\"card card-list card-list-header\">\n        <div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar shimmer-dark shimmer-bar--short card-specs--title\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar shimmer-dark shimmer-bar--short card-specs--title\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card-list\">\n\n\t<div class=\"card-list--grid\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--card\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-graphic-cta shimmer shimmer-card\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"card-list--title-offer\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-list--offer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card--apply\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-btn\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"component component__deferred_contents wp-block-milesgutenberg-deferred-contents\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='s-h'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='post'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='4'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_post container_template--s-h container_count--1'\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tag=\"post_id\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-post_ids=\"101850\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t<article class=\"post-preview\">\n\t<div class=\"post-preview-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-image\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"post-preview-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"simmer-bar-group\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-this-mean-for-eq-bank-and-pc-financial-customers\">What Does This Mean for EQ Bank and PC Financial Customers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete details on the acquisition have not yet been released, but for now we know the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"component component__list checkmarks\"><ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmarks\">\n<li>EQ customers will gain access to the 600+ ATMs across Canada and the 180+ in-store banking pavilions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All banking and insurance done through PC Financial, including President\u2019s Choice Bank, PC Financial Insurance Agency Inc., PC Financial Insurance Brokers Inc., and other entities of PC Bank will soon be under the EQB umbrella<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EQ Bank customers will likely see an integration of the PC Optimum program into their banking products, giving them new ways to earn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over time, the PC Financial brand will disappear, with its products being rebranded under the EQ Bank umbrella<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<aside class=\"component component__deferred_contents wp-block-milesgutenberg-deferred-contents\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='m'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='post'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='4'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_post container_template--m container_count--2'\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-tag=\"post_id\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-post_ids=\"472862,433981,126411\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t<article class=\"post-preview\">\n\n<div class=\"post-preview-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"post-preview-content\" style=\"top: 1em;\">\n\t<div class=\"simmer-bar-group\">\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><article class=\"post-preview\">\n\n<div class=\"post-preview-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"post-preview-content\" style=\"top: 1em;\">\n\t<div class=\"simmer-bar-group\">\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"shimmer shimmer-bar\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bottom-line\">Bottom Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>EQB, owner of EQ Bank, is set to acquire PC Financial in 2026, bringing together an innovative digital-first bank with the popular PC Optimum loyalty program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the details of how exactly this will affect all EQ Bank and PC Financial customers have not yet been outlined, we expect that communications will go out in 2026 once the deal is finalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about EQ Bank, the soon-to-be new owner of PC Financial, check out our related articles below:<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"component component__deferred_contents wp-block-milesgutenberg-deferred-contents\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-template='m'\n\t\t\t\tdata-post_type='post'\n\t\t\t\tdata-per_page='6'\n\t\t\t\tclass='deferred_container--preload container_post container_template--m container_count--6 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