Canada

January 14, 2024 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of TerraZero, Netcoins, and Blockchain Intelligence Group is pleased to announce select unaudited financial results for Netcoins’ Q4 2023 and the launch of its Crypto Trading API. Assets under Management… Read More

January 12, 2024 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Asset Management, which claims to be one of the largest digital assets and blockchain investment managers, in partnership with Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), a global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced the launch of the Invesco Galaxy Bitcoin ETF (BTCO). BTCO invests directly in… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker is part of a new group of broker-dealers that are focusing on online capital formation, providing a tech-enhanced environment for companies looking to crowdfund a securities offering. Based in Canada, the company has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing young firms in the… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Webull has announced its expansion into Canada. Webull is a broker based in Florida that serves customers from around the world. The digital marketplace offers equities, including fractionals, along with ETFs and options. Webull also offers a sweep account in the US that pays a… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Canada announced receipt of all necessary approvals to formally unify its Canadian operations by bringing together the NEO Exchange and the MATCHNow alternative trading system (ATS), along with other related Canadian regulated entities, “into one corporate entity under the umbrella of Cboe Canada, effective… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to announce that it has on-boarded one of “the largest publicly traded Bitcoin Mining companies as an OTC Trading Client –… Read More

December 30, 2023 @ 11:55 am By Michael Wong  |  

Monex Group, a Japanese financial conglomerate known for its online brokerage, crypto exchange, and asset management services, has announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Canada’s 3iQ Digital Holdings and its subsidiaries for $39.8 million. In a statement, Monex revealed its ambition to bolster… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Payments Canada they aim to dedicate resources to the delivery, operation and governance of payment systems that are innovative, secure and globally connected. As the fourth quarter of 2023 is quickly coming to a close, Tracey Black, the President and CEO at Payments Canada,… Read More

December 26, 2023 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and WestJet announce the long-term extension of their partnership agreement, expanding beyond powering transactions by “innovating the travel and purchasing experience for customers while always prioritizing security and trust.” The deepening of the partnership showcases “the progression of each companies’ evolution in… Read More

December 24, 2023 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tracxn, a global SaaS-based market intelligence platform, has released its Geo Annual Report: Canada Tech 2023. The report, based on Tracxn’s extensive database, “provides insights into the Canada Tech space.” In 2023 Year-to-Date (YTD), Canada stands “as the seventh highest-funded country globally for startup funding,… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xero, the global small business platform, today announced it is partnering with Flinks, a key player focused on open banking, to give small businesses in Canada and the United States secure access to more than 20 direct bank connections and high quality transaction data. The… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TD Bank Group and Plaid announced that they have entered into a North American data-access agreement that will enable TD customers in Canada and the U.S. to more securely connect to and “share financial data with Plaid’s data network of over 8,000 + apps and… Read More

December 16, 2023 @ 8:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

An industry watcher believes Canada’s pragmatic approach to DeFi regulation could position it well in the future. Canadian Aaron Unterman is the managing director of Xreg Consulting. Unterman said Canada’s approach to cryptocurrency regulation has been to apply its existing capital markets framework to crypto… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc., an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to announce that it has initiated a strategy to source partners to integrate and apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) training… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq: NVEI), the Canadian fintech company, announces today that it has partnered with Microsoft in order “to deliver leading payment experiences for customers of its products, solutions, and services across many of its key markets.” Microsoft will start using Nuvei’s customizable and agile… Read More

November 30, 2023 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, CI received a note from DealMaker indicating that several of their issuers have been recognized by Time magazine as the Best Inventions of 2023. DealMaker is a tech-enabled broker-dealer helping firms to raise capital online utilizing various securities exemptions. This is certainly not the… Read More

November 27, 2023 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With the ongoing threat of crypto fraud and criminals growing more sophisticated every day, organizations need ever-powerful solutions “to help them investigate and recover stolen funds.” KPMG in Canada and Chainalysis are teaming up “to help meet that growing need by announcing a strategic agreement… Read More

November 24, 2023 @ 5:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MPOWER Financing, a mission-driven fintech firm and the leading provider of non-cosigned loans to promising students from around the world, recently announced that it has closed on debt financing that “has propelled the firm’s overall lending capacity to over $300 million.” Active funding includes commitments… Read More

November 24, 2023 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker CEO and co-founder Rebecca Kacaba has been recognized as the Most Admired CEO of 2023. Kacaba called the acknowledgment an “absolute honor.” DealMaker is an online capital formation platform based in Canada but provides services in the US as well. The company works with… Read More

November 22, 2023 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins as well as Netcoins USA (Netcoins.com), the online crypto trading platform that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and stake cryptocurrency, is pleased to “update investors on its recent trading and platform performance… Read More