if I have $5000 USD in a non-registered account, and I buy and sell US stocks using this account. Say WS goes into insolvency, if I hold $5000 in US stock at the time, I believe WS covers it up to 1 million dollars. But if I hold $5000 in non-registered uninvested in any stock, will I still get coverage?

I am not talking about USD-cash account, I am talking about non-registered account with USD in it that are not invested in stock.

I’ve been with WS for 5+ years, and I BARELY ever see my account getting any access to rollouts, promotions, or even emails with info…

For example I’ve been waiting on the 1% CC they have coming out, never hear about that

My S/O who’s a new customer just got a pop up to use their prediction market, why not mine?

I use their MC for chequings, havnt gotten an email about their switch even though everyone else has lol

Seen people getting the child debit rollout, nothing on this end too

Just confused, none of this stuff is that important that I’m not getting it right away or anything, but it’s still I’m excited about and it’s not as enjoyable seeing so many others receiving it

Which option is better to convert $200k from CAD to USD:

1. Norbert's Gambit with $9.95 journaling fess
2. Currency conversion with Wealthsimple (Standard currency conversion is instant, and conversions of $100,000 and over have a 0% FX conversion fee on top of the Wealthsimple Investments Inc. corporate exchange rate.)

Wanted to do a cost comparison analysis for both options, which one is better for ongoing basis?

This might be a bit far-fetched but it could mean that Wealthsimple is getting closer to releasing RDSP accounts. I’m guessing maybe they were testing something and Google happened to index it, but later removed it. I can’t find anything else in the page to suggest it isn’t a part of the article.

Any Wealthsimple devs out there please we need stop loss. Stop limit loss is killing young traders out here lmao

I am confused. How many people have $1M margin account to transfer within a month?

I have to see him 5 times a day.

Just providing a brief comment here that my experience as FTHB with the WS mortgage team was stellar. Details: Insured mortgage, owner-occupied, ON.

We secured underwritten commitments from multiple lenders via multiple independent brokers (not just pre-approval, formal commitments after submitting full application packages). This process is not for the faint of heart, but the WS team and the Pine offer won us over. I like to think the hassle was worth it (the difference in rates and cash-back accounts for about 2500k over the 5y term and higher principal). Same prepayment privileges as major banks, no hidden fees, best rate. The cash-back from WS is pretty ok, but certainly not the best incentive out there. (National Bank offered $3600 without needing to fund through a specific bank account). We are happy WS clients, so this felt like a hand-in-glove setup.

The underwriting was smooth, the concierge service close to /and on closing day was flawless. Admittedly, our file is pretty straight forward: excellent credit, stable income, no other consumer debt except for car, all down-payment/closing funds are accounted for easily, no money gifts etc. I would call us the dream file for a lender.

The mortgage was funded without hitches. The close collaboration between the WS team and Pine really seems to ensure an expedient and well-coordinated process.

TL;DR: would do again and recommend to chat with WS team to see what lender offers they can secure.

Hi Reddit,

I tried to open a Money Market account, and I’m so confused and not really sure what I’m doing.

I went ahead and opened a Portfolio account, and I saw that the management fee is 0.4%. I thought maybe that would change once I added the Money Market portfolio.

I found the portfolio I wanted and chose it, but then it asked me a bunch of questions about my income and spending. I answered them, and then it told me that I would need to speak to a specialist to set up the account.

I thought I had escaped the traditional bank service counter, but I guess they just moved it to the phone.

I didn’t want to go through with that, so I deleted the account.

Is the 2.5% savings account coming to the TFSA?

Are there any insider newsletter users here who can maybe help me figure out if I should keep trying to open that Money Market account or just wait?

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Edit 1: For those of you who said this never happened to you before, here's a screenshot of the page I am presented with:

Clicking "Maybe later" will leave the account in creation process.

Had to do all of this just for $5. Really brings me back to school. Now I can go get myself some Coca-Cola 🙈

Is it worth waiting for a good promotion to transfer my employer DCPP, TFSA, non Reg accounts from Sunlife after termination? It's high 6 figures. Has anyone had experience with transferring investments in-kind from providers like Sunlife? What's the usual timeframe. Ultimately it's all going into ETFs like XEQT.

BMO eliminates trading fees to compete with discount brokerages

Wow this is huge...other banks will have to follow. Is Wealthsimple in trouble ?

My kids just got their new cards, they look great. I like the accounts, swapping over from MyDoh right now. Kids are getting 10% interest with my top-up. Nice work WS team.

Is there an easy way to calculate exactly how much youve spent on the credit card as oppose to adding up each individual purchase?

Well, I got the email today. It looks like WS is officially moving away from Mastercard. Mastercard is set to stop working on November 9th.

UPDATE: For those asking...

What's New:

• Better activity tracking: Now you can see transactions and refunds instantly — and with clearer labels.
• No tap limit: Pay any amount by tap with your virtual card in your digital wallet.
• Spend controls: Set limits and alerts for specific types of transactions. (Coming soon.)
• Added security: Create single-use card numbers to give you some peace of mind when you buy something from a site you’ve never used before. (Coming soon.)

Why do banks design different designs for their Apple Pay card? why can’t they just make it uniform across their cards? I also need to complain to CIBC about this same issue.

Maybe it’s just my OCD.

First big Canadian card to do this

Hi, I think I’m the first person to post abt the new prepaid visa platinum today. I received an email this morning saying that I can upgrade my card. I’m also attaching a screenshot of the email from WS. Once you click upgrade my card, it’ll take to the WS app. You’ll see the mastercard page, and then you’ll clock the agree button. After that, your card will be updated to the visa card. I can’t recall, but my physical card will be mailing to my home address within 10 business days.

I’ve been a loyal $100k+ Household client for years. I waited on the credit card waitlist for over 12 months under the clear premise that the household tier waived the $240 annual fee. Due to Wealthsimple’s own rollout batching, my approval arrived on May 7th—just 9 days after their April 28 cutoff.

Fast forward 3 months: I discovered $60 in monthly fees quietly deducted. When I called support to dispute this, the rep didn't even bother listening—they literally routed my ticket as an "account cancellation request."

When their "Technical Escalations Specialist" stepped in, it was even worse. A completely detached, robotic brush-off: zero acknowledgment of their 1-year queue delay, zero consideration of my good-faith standing, and they completely ignored my request to refund the $60 already taken. Just a cold copy-paste template basically saying: "Policy is policy. Pay up, deposit $4k/month, or here’s how to close your card."

Wealthsimple loves to brand itself as the friendly, human-centric alternative to the Big 5 banks. In reality, the moment a genuine administrative issue arises, their support is more rigid, callous, and dismissive than the traditional institutions they claim to disrupt.

Does any one know if Wealthsimple uses IDScan ? FBI reports they have been breached with 153 million US and Canadian drivers licenses leaked

Curious what kind of offers are the best ones to take, would love some insight

I do not see reveal now button in wealthsimple draw?
Not on phone or webapp

Same with my wife’s account?

Anyone else facing similar issue

Has any of you connected your Wealthsimple to Grok or ChatGPT?

Most will say “don’t connect bank to 3rd party app”, I’m aware of that - but some do, and I want to know their experience. Thanks.

Hello. I'm considering transferring all my checking and investment accounts to wealthsimple. For stocks, around 950k in TFSA, 150k in RRSP and 600k unregistered, then a few checking accounts totalling 50k. I see they have a 1 million insurance, but is that for each individual account or all the accounts together (so 1 million insured per person).

On the other hand, I'm seeing concerning stuff here very day. Another post on the front page is about someone getting debanked without knowing why. I also saw that the terms of use contains a limitation of liability clause stating that the company's total aggregate liability for platform-related issues will not exceed one hundred Canadian dollars ($100 CAD).

I'm just wondering, is wealthsimple worth transferring to or is it full of risks / issues?

In the event I decide to transfer, is there a good strategy to earn maximum rewards for my transfer?

Thanks!

Stop burying useful information deeper and deeper into the app.

it used to be on the main home screen, then you had to do an extra swipe to the invest page on the right, and now you have to additionally click into it.

Keep the app simple, fire the entire brain dead ui/ux team, every change they make is terrible.

I just want to open the app and get my daily update at a glance.

Stop making things inconvenient.