Canada

September 2, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that claims to make it easy for Canadians to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology solutions, is reporting Q2 2022 financial results. All figures… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To help clients save time, increase convenience and remove barriers to sending and receiving funds abroad, CIBC announced the expansion of its Global Money Transfer (GMT) service “to include cash pick up through MoneyGram, a global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, enabling… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins (Netcoins.ca), the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it “easy” for Canadians to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group (blockchaingroup.io), a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Scotiabank recently announced the launch of Scotia TranXactTM – a digital payments platform that “provides business banking clients with on-demand access to Scotiabank’s payments and cash management Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).” With Scotia TranXact business banking clients now “have access to real-time payments, request-to-pay and… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced that Visa tap to pay will officially “arrive on GO Transit, and has launched on the UP Express, making it easier to travel on transit by offering riders a contactless payment option with their Visa credit card or payment-enabled device (e.g…. Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Starting next month, Dealmaker, an online investment platform, will seek to engage investors in the US and Canada to back firms raising capital that are based in the UK. Dealmaker claims that it is the “only platform now built for international capital market raises.” UK… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) recently entered a data access agreement with MX in order to improve the CIBC client experience via secure data sharing, offering customers a safe and intuitive way to share their financial details. The partnership with MX is indicative of CIBC’s… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Properly, a Canada-based Proptech, has raised CAD $36 million according to a blog post. The funding round brings Properly’s total raised to CAD $192 million. A valuation was not immediately available. Properly claims to be the “best funded and fastest growing real estate startup in… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 8:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Savana, a financial software for banks and fintechs, announced the closing of a $45 million Series A round led by Georgian, a growth-stage investor based in Toronto, Canada. The funds will be “used to drive continued growth of Savana’s core-agnostic Digital Delivery Platform, ramp up… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay has introduced flexible and scheduled payment options, offering Canadian businesses “more options when requesting payments from their customers.” These new features make it easier “to request direct-from-account payments – safely and securely, using one of the most trusted money transfer systems… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, which claims to be a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, is expanding its presence in Canada “with new facilities in Montréal to boost its North American operations and drive its international growth.” TS Imagine opened its… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

D-Wave Systems Inc., which claims to be a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the “only” company building both quantum annealing and gate-based quantum computers, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced a multi-year strategic alliance “to champion the acceleration and adoption of quantum… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EQ Bank, powered by Equitable Bank, Canada’s Challenger Bank, has teamed up with Flinks, a key player in open banking, to provide EQ Bank customers with the ability “to share their financial data securely with third-party fintech applications of their choosing.” This partnership, and the… Read More

July 15, 2022 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year, FINTRAC announced that crowdfunding platforms, as well as certain payment providers, must now register with FINTRAC. FINTRAC is the Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. It is the agency that seeks to detect, prevent, and deter nefarious activity such as money… Read More

July 14, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has launched Changeworks™, a social-impact program that “helps Canada’s not-for-profits harness the power of technology and data to create positive change.” To put this commitment into action, Mastercard has “made its first anchor grant to national not-for-profit, CanadaHelps, to launch a digital… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Canada’s debit network Interac is reportedly adding a backup network provider after this past week’s large-scale outage at Rogers, which had left millions of clients unable to complete payments. In statements shared with Reuters, the company’s management noted: “We are adding a supplier (besides Rogers)… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Voyager Digital (TSX: VOYG) (OTCQX: VYGVF), a digital asset trading platform, has filed for bankruptcy following a difficult couple of weeks for the company. Voyager is emblematic of crypto contagion fears as counter-party risk has caused several firms to pause operations or, in this case,… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockFi, a crypto trading marketplace and yield generator, apparently has another suitor. As has been previously reported, FTX, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, has provided a $250 million line of credit while entering into a discussion to potentially purchase the firm. Rumors published by CNBC indicate… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 8:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CanDeal Group, an operator of Canadian market and infrastructure services, has teamed up with five of Canada’s biggest local banks “to deliver a comprehensive, centralized Know Your Client (KYC) solution to the Capital Markets Industry.” The collaboration mutualizes many of the costs and efforts of… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brim Financial, one of the “fastest-growing” Fintechs and a licensed credit card issuer, recently announced a partnership with Air France-KLM in Canada. The joint Air France and KLM’s loyalty program, Flying Blue, will “leverage Brim’s end-to-end technology platform to launch a unique credit card product… Read More