† Offer begins on February 29, 2020, at 12:01 am ET and ends on June 30, 2020, at 11:59 pm ET. Offer available to Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority and who aren’t holders or joint holders of a CIBC chequing account. To qualify, open a CIBC Smart™ Plus Account and provide your email address. Within 3 months of opening the account, set up and complete on a recurring basis each month at least 1 eligible direct deposit or at least 2 different eligible pre-authorized debits. Offer can’t be combined with any other offer unless otherwise indicated. The cash reward will be deposited into your account 7 months after you have completed the required transactions. Other conditions apply. For full offer details, visit a CIBC Banking Centre or review the CIBC Smart Plus Account Offer Terms and Conditions (PDF, 115 KB) Opens in a new window.
1 Approval is subject to applicants meeting CIBC’s normal lending criteria. Credit limit is determined by CIBC, in our sole discretion. Part-time students are eligible for reduced credit limits determined by CIBC. In cases where an applicant’s credit history is limited, a qualified guarantor may be required.
Ongoing access to the Professional Edge® Student Personal Line of Credit and monthly fee rebate on the CIBC Smart Plus Account is subject to annual proof of enrolment, among other things, as determined by CIBC in our sole discretion.
The $1,400 savings are equivalent to the monthly fee for the CIBC Smart Plus Account over 4 years.
2 CIBC Prime means the variable interest rate determined by CIBC from time to time to be the CIBC Prime rate for Canadian-dollar lending products. The CIBC Prime rate may change without notice. Your interest rate will vary whenever CIBC Prime rate varies and/or whenever we change your variable interest rate in our sole discretion. CIBC Prime rate is 3.95% as of February 26, 2020. Refer to the current CIBC Prime Rate.
The CIBC Prime minus 0.25% rate is only eligible for Canadian citizens that are studying at an accredited medical school. Proof of enrolment and citizenship required.
3 Continue to pay interest only on the Professional Edge Student Personal Line of Credit, up to 24 months after graduation from an accredited Canadian medical or dental school, or up to 12 months after graduation, residency or articling from other qualified CIBC Professional Edge studies.
If you leave your program without graduating, your CIBC Professional Edge Student Line of Credit will automatically convert to a CIBC Personal Loan with set principal and interest payments. Additional conditions and restrictions apply. Products and their features may change at any time.
4 Provided you apply and are approved for a Professional Edge Student Line of Credit. Eligible programs include: medical and dental. If you have a Professional Edge Student Line of Credit, the CIBC Overdraft Protection Service (COPS) fee isn’t applicable. However, you’ll pay interest on any overdraft amount on your account and over-limit fees if applicable.
5 A transaction includes cheques, withdrawals, transfers, pre-authorized payments, bill payments (including CIBC credit cards and CIBC personal lines of credit) and debit purchases. For CIBC eAdvantage® Savings Accounts, a transaction doesn’t include transfers to your other CIBC bank account(s) using the transfer function on CIBC Online Banking®, the CIBC Mobile Banking® App, CIBC Telephone Banking and at CIBC ATMs. For all accounts, transfers to CIBC-branded loans (excluding CIBC Personal Lines of Credit), mortgages and investments (registered and non-registered) are free. “CIBC-branded” means any brand that has CIBC in its name and is offered by CIBC or its Canadian affiliates (and doesn’t include CIBC Bank USA). Other fees (in addition to any transaction fee) include: withdrawals from non-CIBC bank machines (rebated for CIBC Smart Plus Accounts, except the 2.5% administration fee on the converted amount of foreign currency ATM withdrawals), wire payments, Interac e-Transfer® transactions (the Interac e-Transfer fee is waived for CIBC Smart Accounts, CIBC Smart Plus Accounts and for clients who are enrolled in CIBC Advantage for Youth, CIBC Smart for Students, CIBC Smart for Seniors [on the CIBC Smart Account] and CIBC Advantage for Students [on the CIBC Everyday Chequing Account] and transactions in foreign currency [including cheques written in currencies other than the account currency]).
6 The additional $1.50 service fee is waived for sending Interac e-Transfer transactions. Maximum dollar amount applies for Interac e-Transfer transactions. For details, review the CIBC Interac e-Transfer Terms and Conditions (PDF, 135 KB) Opens a new window..
7 Fees charged by other financial institutions or third parties for using their ATMs, and the 2.5% administration fee on the converted amount for foreign currency ATM withdrawals, aren’t included in this feature and will be charged to your account. ATM withdrawal amounts may be limited to a maximum dollar withdrawal amount.
8 Excludes stop payments on pre-authorized debits and recurring payments set up using CIBC Advantage Card details. To stop payment on these, you need to contact the merchant, biller or payee directly to instruct them to discontinue applying charges to your account(s) through your CIBC Advantage Card. If you’re unsuccessful in resolving the issue, CIBC may be able to work with Visa to request a refund for you.
9 This offer applies to the following eligible cards: CIBC Aventura® Visa Infinite* and CIBC Aventura® Gold Visa* Card. You can qualify for this offer if you apply and are approved for a new eligible card beginning March 14, 2022.
A one-time annual fee rebate for you (the primary cardholder) and up to 3 authorized users added at the time of the application. This offer does not apply to annual fees for authorized users that are added after you submit your application. This offer applies for the first year only. If your application for an eligible card is not approved, you may be considered for another card (as disclosed in your credit card application). If you are approved for that card, this annual fee rebate offer will apply in the amount of the annual fee, if any, of the alternate card. If you qualify, the rebate will be awarded to you and will appear as a credit against the applicable annual fee(s) within two statements. Your new credit card account must be open and in good standing at time the rebate is awarded.
If you apply and are approved for a new eligible card, when you make your first purchase you can receive:
i. A welcome bonus of 15,000 Aventura Points
ii. Additional bonus of 5,000 Aventura Points
To qualify for the additional 1,250 bonus Aventura Points for each statement period, you must have at least $1,000 in net purchases posted to your account by the last day of each statement period. Purchases made during a statement period but posted after the end of that statement period will not count towards eligible spend for that month. If this occurs, that purchase will count towards eligible spend for the next statement period. For example, if your statement period is from November 8 to December 7, a purchase made on December 7 (transaction date) that is posted on December 8 (posting date) will not count for eligible spend for the December statement period. In this case, that purchase will count towards spend in the January statement period. If the November 8 to December 7 period was your 12th statement period, then the purchase made on December 7 and posted on December 8 would not count toward this offer.
Offer applies to newly approved card accounts only; transfers from an existing CIBC credit card to a CIBC Aventura® Visa Infinite* Card or CIBC Aventura® Gold Visa* Card are excluded. Card account must be open and in good standing at the time the bonus Aventura Points are awarded. Aventura Points are awarded to you within 8 weeks after all qualifying purchase(s) are posted to your account. For this offer, the following do not qualify as purchases: cash advances, CIBC Global Money Transfers™, balance transfers, CIBC Convenience Cheques, fees, interest, Aventura Points redemptions and payments. It may take up to several business days for purchases to be posted to your account. This offer is not transferable. This offer may be withdrawn or changed without prior notice at any time. This offer may be revoked if you appear to be manipulating or abusing it, or are engaged in any suspicious or fraudulent activity, as determined by CIBC in its sole discretion.
10 Interest rates may change from time to time. "Purchase" means card purchases less returns and does not include: Cash Advances, Balance Transfers interest, fees and CIBC Convenience Cheques. “Cash” means Cash Advances, Balance Transfers and CIBC Convenience Cheques.
11 The rebate is also available for cardholders with the following CIBC credit cards (these credit cards aren’t available for new clients): CIBC Aventura® World Mastercard®, CIBC Aventura® World Elite® Mastercard®, CIBC Aerogold® Visa* and CIBC Gold Visa* Card. The rebate is up to $139 on the annual fee for primary cardholder and up to $50 on the annual fee for up to 3 additional cards. Existing eligible CIBC credit cardholders who have already paid the annual fee at the time the CIBC Smart Plus Account is opened will be provided a pro-rated rebate credit.
12 This limited-time cash-back offer is valid from July 1 to May 1, 2021 and is available for mortgage loans for purchases, including first-time homebuyers, new mortgages, transfers-in, and mortgage loans under the Home Power Plan (HPP). Mortgage loans must have a principal amount of $100,000 or more, and be either a CIBC Fixed-Rate Closed Mortgage loan with a term of 3 years or more or a CIBC Variable Flex Mortgage loan, and the mortgage must fund within 120 days of application date. You must have a personal CIBC chequing account, and pre-authorized mortgage payments must come from a CIBC account. Qualifying clients will receive $3,000 on a mortgage loan amount of $750,000 or more; $2,000 on a mortgage loan of $500,000 to 749,999; $1,200 on a mortgage loan of $300,000 to $499,999; or $1,000 on a mortgage loan of $100,000 to $299,999. Cash back will be deposited in the personal CIBC chequing account 6 to 8 weeks after funding. Other conditions and restrictions apply. Ask us for details. Offer subject to credit approval and may be changed or withdrawn at any time, without notice.
13 Transactions include any debits and credits to your account (excluding CIBC interest credits and fee debits). Debits include, without limitation, withdrawals, cheques, pre-authorized payments, bill payments, Interac Direct Payments, Interac e-Transfer payments, direct deposits and transfers to other accounts. Credits include, without limitation, deposits, pre-authorized payments, bill payments (including CIBC credit cards and CIBC personal lines of credit), Interac Direct Payments, Interac e-Transfer payments, direct deposits and transfers from other accounts (except transfers from CIBC business accounts). Additional charges may apply including, without limitation, with Interac e-Transfer, “Items Deposited” and “Currency Supplied” fees where applicable. Refer to CIBC’s Business Account Service Fees (PDF, 245 KB) Opens in a new window..
14 To qualify for this offer, applications for a new CIBC Aventura® Visa* Card for Business Plus must be submitted and approved beginning June 29, 2023.
In order to be eligible for this offer, client must abide by the terms and conditions set out in this footnote.
If an application for a CIBC Aventura® Visa* Card for Business Plus is submitted and approved, the Rewards Officer can receive:
a) A welcome bonus of 20,000 Aventura Points after the first purchase is made at any time on the Credit Card Account.
b) An additional bonus of 5,000 Aventura Points.
c) An additional bonus of 35,000 Aventura Points if you have at least $35,000 in net purchases posted to your account during the first 12 monthly statement periods.
d) CIBC will provide an annual fee rebate on any eligible credit card account and on any additional cards under such eligible credit card account every year if, at the time the business’ annual fee(s) are charged: (i) the business is classified under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) as an office of physicians, general practice (8651), an office of physicians and surgeons, specialties (8652), offices of optometrists (8666), office of dentists general practice (8653) or office of dentists and specialties (8654); (ii) the eligible credit card account is open and in good standing; and (iii) the business is registered and located in Canada.
If the application is approved, this annual fee rebate offer will apply in the amount of the annual fee, if any, of the alternate card or credit card account, as applicable. If a business qualifies for the rebate, it will see a charge for its annual fee(s), along with the rebate, within 2 statements periods after the eligible credit card account is opened. The new credit card account must be open and in Good Standing at time the rebate is awarded.
For more details on the annual fee rebate, refer to the Business Plus professional offer terms and conditions (PDF, 155 KB) Opens in a new window.. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the CIBC Business Credit Card Agreement (Business Liability) PDF (155 KB) Opens in a new window..
Offer applies to newly approved Credit Card Accounts or for transfers from CIBC Corporate Classic Plus Visa* Card only; transfers from other existing CIBC credit card to CIBC Aventura® Visa* Card for Business Plus are excluded.
Credit Card Account must be open and in Good Standing at the time the Aventura Points are awarded. Aventura Points are awarded to the Rewards Officer within 8 weeks after all qualifying net Purchase(s) are posted to the Credit Card Account. The following do not qualify as Purchases: Cash Advances, Balance Transfers, CIBC Convenience Cheques, interest, fees, payments and Aventura Points redemptions. It may take up to several business days for purchases to be posted to the Credit Card Account. This offer is non-transferable. This offer may be withdrawn or changed without prior notice at any time. This offer may be revoked if the Business or any Cardholder appear to be manipulating or abusing it, or are engaged in any suspicious or fraudulent activity, as determined by CIBC in its sole discretion.
This offer does not apply to annual fees for additional Cards that are added after the application is submitted. This offer applies for the first year only. If the Business qualifies for the rebate, it will be awarded to the Credit Card Account and will appear as a credit against the applicable annual fee(s), within 2 statements after the eligible Credit Card Account is opened. The new Credit Card Account must be open and in Good Standing at the time the rebate is awarded.
The over $1,200 value is based on the combined total value of: $1,000 based on the maximum redemption value for 60,000 Aventura Points on an airfare purchase to Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, Central America or the Caribbean, based on the Aventura Airline Rewards Chart at CIBC Rewards Opens in a new window., before taxes and other charges, as of, March 1, 2023; annual fee rebate for the first year ($120) for the first card and each additional card ($50).
15 In Canada, the annual fee may be a tax-deductible business expense. For more information, consult a tax professional.
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