Privacy Policy

As part of the application and approval process, Finabanx Ltd. operating as iCASH may collect the following personal information (“Personal Information”) from its clients, which may include name, email address, phone or cell number, address, profession, cookies, and other browsing data. Some of this information may be stored in our system so as to better identify clients for future transactions.

Failure to provide the Personal Information required for the assessment of a loan requested by the client may make it impossible for Finabanx to offer its services.

Finabanx uses Personal Information as required by provincial and federal regulators to assure we are promoting safe and responsible lending.

When the User applies for a Finabanx loan, we ask the User to create an account and then to provide certain Personal Information. We collect, use, and disclose this information:
To determine the User's eligibility for the loan under the law, for a credit assessment, for details of employment and services that may be of interest;
To maintain the User's account;
To communicate with the User about their account and for products and services that may be of interest;
To securely process the funding and repayment of transactions to which the User and we may contract;
To extract information for the purpose of generating statistics and analysis for purposes of conducting and improving our business, to ensure a high standard of service to customers;
To meet legal and regulatory requirements;
To confirm the identity of a customer, to prevent and detect fraud;
To collect debt that may become owed to us by a customer.

The types of Personal Information we collect for these purposes can include:
Basic profile information such as the User's name, address, phone number, email address, preferences, and other similar information;
Identifying information such as social insurance number, date of birth, or other information;
Information such as employment, income or similar information; and
Transactional information such as including bank account numbers, routing numbers, or similar information.

By agreeing to the privacy policy the User is consenting to have Finabanx verify some Personal Information the User provides with the User's employer.

Finabanx will obtain consent to use and disclose Personal Information at the time the Personal Information is collected. Finabanx may also obtain consent to use and disclose Personal Information after it has been collected, but prior to the Personal Information being used or disclosed for a new purpose. Consent shall not be obtained through deception.

Finabanx may collect, use or disclose Personal Information without the individual's knowledge and consent in certain circumstances. For example:
When the collection, use, and disclosure is permitted or required by law;
When the collection, use, and disclosure is clearly in the interests of the individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely manner;
When seeking the consent of the individual may defeat the purpose of collecting the information;
When use of the information is for an emergency that threatens the life, health or security of an individual; and
When the information is publicly available.

An individual may withdraw consent at any time subject to legal or contractual restrictions by providing reasonable notice in writing. Refusal or withdrawal of consent by a customer may prevent Finabanx from providing a product or service to that customer.

Our processing method ensures that unauthorized users are prevented from accessing the system. The Data will be kept in the system according to need. Some information may be retained even after the client finishes repaying a loan. This will enable us to better identify users (“Users”) of Finabanx's Internet-based websites (the “Application”) in the future.

1.Method of Processing
The person responsible for control of Data (the “Data Controller”) processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or unauthorized destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data processors by Finabanx.

2.Place
The Data is processed at our headquarters and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact hello@icash.ca.

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Application to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: analytics, interaction with external social networks and platforms, contacting the User, advertising, remarketing and behavioral targeting, managing email addresses and sending messages, geolocation, content performance and features testing (A/B testing), registration and authentication, displaying content from external platforms and social applications.

Identifying Purposes
The Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document. Data is collected and where permitted by law will be used for the following services:

1. Advertising
These services allow User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes.

2. Analytics
The services contained in this section enable Finabanx to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

3. Contacting the User

Contact form (This Application)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the Users authorizes this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form's header.
Data collected: email, first name and last name.

Mailing List or Newsletter (This Application)
By registering to the mailing list or to the newsletter, the User's email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Application. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Application.
Data collected: email, first name and last name.

Phone contact (This Application)
Users that provided their phone number might be contacted by phone call and SMS (text message) for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Application, as well as for fulfilling support requests.
Data collected: phone number and name.

4. Content Performance and Features Testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow Finabanx to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of the Application.

5. Geolocation
This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.

Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User's location data may be tracked by this Application.
Data collected: geographic position.

6. Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow the Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.

Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, the Application will be able to access some Data, stored by these third party services, for registration or identification purpose.

Direct registration (This Application)
The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Data directly to this Application.
Data collected: address, city, country, date of birth, email, fax number, first name, gender, last name, phone number, profession, province, social insurance number, various types of data.

Finabanx uses "website usage" information to help create a better user experience. Finabanx collects certain information from users' browsers using small text files called "cookies." Finabanx uses session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. This type of cookie helps Finabanx recognize a user if he or she visits multiple pages on our site during the same session, so that we do not need to require a password to access each page. Please note: If the User does not accept cookies from Finabanx, they will not be able to use our site.

We also use a persistent cookie that stores the User's login ID (but not their password) to make it easier to login when the User comes back to Finabanx on future visits. We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in them, but they do not contain personally identifiable information. Users can remove or block the persistent cookie using the settings in their browser if they want to disable the feature.

By registering, the User agrees to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and gives Finabanx and/or any of its affiliates permission where permitted by law to use the User's email address and/or full address in order to send relevant and promotional correspondences.

When a User completes an “information request form” the User is thereby agreeing to allow us to reply to a request using the User's name and email address as provided through the request form.

When a user registers their name to receive our newsletter and promotions, they consent to receive marketing information at their email address. To this end, their email will be added to our emailing marketing group.

The User's phone contact will be used mostly to address their request and to provide support.

1. Interaction with External Social Networks and Platforms
These services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the Application's pages.
The interaction and information obtained by this Application are always subject to the User's privacy settings for each social network.

2. Managing Email Addresses and Sending Messages
These services make it possible to manage a database of email contacts to communicate with the User via email.
The services are used to collect data concerning the date and time when the mail is viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacts with incoming mail, such as by clicking on links included in the email.

Finabanx allows the User to manage their account and information. Once the User logs in they may update their personal information, assuming their account is in good standing. In that case, we will retain only the personal information required by law or that we deem necessary.

Finabanx may not be able to provide access to some or all of an individual's personal information. Finabanx.

Reasons for refusing access may include:
That the personal information is unreasonably costly to provide;
That the release of the personal information may threaten the life or security of a third party;
That the personal information is subject to or generated in a formal dispute resolution process;
That the personal information cannot be disclosed for legal, security, or commercial proprietary reasons; or
That the personal information is subject to solicitor-client or litigation privilege.

The User is entitled to opt-out from our emailing list. Furthermore, they may request not to be contacted by Finabanx at any instant provided that their file is in good standing with us and with our subsidiary websites. That means that the User has made their payments on time.

All information provided would be used in the case of legal proceedings and/or in a Court of Law if situations arise that necessitates Finabanx pursuing any lawful counselling. Additionally, Finabanx will release any information if mandated by local, provincial, or national laws and/or law authorities.

Personal information will not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law.

Finabanx shares and stores customer personal and transaction information with affiliated companies of Finabanx located in the U.S.A. and Canada for the purposes listed in the Identifying Purposes section above. In addition, Finabanx may use and disclose personal information to third parties as follows:
A Finabanx affiliate seeking information as an agent of the individual;
A Finabanx agent that will evaluate the customer's creditworthiness or to collect a potential debt;
The issuer and/or payer of negotiable items to confirm identity;
A third party – where individual consents to disclosure;
A third party – where disclosure is required by law;
A public authority or agent of a public authority where there is imminent danger to the life or property of an individual which could be avoided or minimized by disclosure; and
Conduct surveys in order to enhance our products and services to meet customer needs.

Where personal information is disclosed to a third party, Finabanx will ensure that appropriate security measures are utilized to protect the use and disclosure of personal information.

Only Finabanx employees are authorized or granted access to personal information about customers when responsibilities reasonably require.

Finabanx will retain personal information only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of identified purpose, or as required by law.

Personal information will be protected by reasonable security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information.

Finabanx is committed to the protection of Personal Information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, duplication, use and modification regardless of the format in which the personal information is held.

Finabanx will protect Personal Information disclosed to third parties by means of contractual agreements with respect to the confidentiality of the Personal Information and the purposes for which the Personal Information is to be used.

Finabanx will use reasonable security measures in the disposal of Personal Information.

The User must immediately notify Finabanx if:
Anything abnormal occurs while using our website;
They suspect they are the victim of a fraud utilizing Finabanx's name,
They are contacted by phone number or by email address through our website.

The User may be liable for an unauthorized transaction depending on the promptness of their response notification to us. We will inform the User of the results of our investigation within ten (10) business days. We will correct any error we may have made, provided the error is brought to our attention promptly.

By signing up, the User agrees to give access to your registration information in order for the website to authenticate them.

Finabanx is under no obligation to inform the User of any modifications made to its policies via any correspondence (post mail or electronic mail); it is the User's responsibility to keep up to date. Even so, additions and modifications will be clearly marked on the current webpage.

Finabanx reserves the right to make changes to this policy without prior notice. It is therefore strongly recommended that the User visit and read our Privacy Policy so that, in case they do not agree with our changes, they may request to stop using our services.

Finabanx may at any time interrupt its online services to perform needed managerial updates and improvements without prior notification.

We may use content collected through our system if legal action against a User is brought due to improper use of the system.