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They merged points because Loblaws bought Shoppers Drug Mart.

Simplii isn't "hardly a bank". It's a bank powered by the same software as CIBC. It's like the Koodo of Telus.

I assumed that because I had never heard of them before... that they were just a new name for the old PC Financial banking brand but I could be wrong.

Loblaws sold their interest in PC Financial last year sometime. CIBC took it over.

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