Build credit effortlessly & split your rent at Strategic
Seamlessly report your current and past rent payments to Equifax and build your credit with your largest monthly payment PLUS you can split your rent to pay half at the beginning of the month and half later in the month.
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Build your credit with any payment method
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Enjoy stress free and on time rent payments
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Improve cash flow between paychecks
Rental reporting improves credit with each rent payment.
Reporting your rent to the credit bureau helps improve three factors on your credit report: your payment history, credit history and credit mix. These are the key factors that determine your credit score! Those who’re reporting their rent payments can see more than a 30 point increase in the first 6 months.
Boost credit & split rent in a few steps.
Easy sign up
Create a Zenbase account in minutes to experience rent day bliss.
Pick your options
Choose if you want to just report your rent payments or also split your rent and select your payment dates.
Set it & forget it
Enjoy! We take care of reporting your rent payments each month and send you payment reminders if you split your rent.
Do you have any other questions?
Zenbase, a financial health solution, is the first to offer automated rent reporting and flexible rent payments in Canada and is committed to economic inclusion that fosters financial empowerment for renters.
We help residents with their household finances by automatically reporting any rent payment method to Equifax to build their credit (CreditBuilder) and allow them to pay their rent in smaller instalments throughout the month (CustomRent).
CreditBuilder is $24.40 per year or $2.90 per month. That’s 80% cheaper then the “other guys”. There are no other fees and no cancellation fees.
Your annual or monthly subscription payments are billed automatically to your credit card on file or Visa Debit, so you never have to worry about missing a CreditBuilder payment.
We have a flat monthly membership fee of $9.90 plus 0.75% based on your rent amount.
If you pay your rent in full through Zenbase on the 1st business day of the month no membership fee is charged. Don’t forget that you can cancel at anytime with no penalty.
A ‘Zenbase’ tradeline (credit account) will appear on your credit report. It may up to 2 months to appear. If you any questions or concerns about what you see on your credit report please email support@myzenbase.com
Yes, you can cancel CreditBuilder at anytime by emailing support@myzenbase.com but no refund will be issued. The trade line on your credit report will be closed and you will not be able to report your rent payments again to Equifax during your current lease to keep things fair.
No, just keep paying your rent the way you currently do. There is absolutely nothing else for you to do each month to build credit!
When signing up for CreditBuilder you will have the option to report up to 24 months of previous rent payments for $19.90. It may take up to 2 months for it to appear on your credit report.
Zenbase CreditBuilder reports to Equifax Canada, the largest consumer credit bureau in Canada.
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Your payment history is your track record of how successful you’ve been at making credit payments, and is the single biggest factor that makes up your credit score. By making your rent payments on time and having them reported to Equifax Canada, you’re building a strong payment history, signalling to lenders that you can be trusted with credit.
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Your credit mix refers to the various types of credit accounts that make up your credit report. By adding an open tradeline for rent reporting, you’re diversifying the different types of credit on your report, which shows you are able to successfully manage multiple credit accounts.
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If you’ve never had a credit product before and CreditBuilder is your first tradeline on your credit report, then you’ll also be building your credit history. The longer your credit history the more trustworthy you’ll be seen by future lenders.