Canada

December 28, 2019 @ 10:31 am By Cali Haan  |  

Bank of Canada governor Stephen S. Poloz presented the bank’s 2020 vision at the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto December 12th. In the speech, Poloz described “major forces acting on the economy…(and) what the Bank will be doing about them.” With regards to Fintech,… Read More

December 24, 2019 @ 7:22 am By Cali Haan  |  

The widow of QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange founder Gerald Cotten is reportedly “shocked and saddened” that lawyers for harmed investors have asked for Cotten’s body to be exhumed. Cotten reportedly died in India last December when acute symptoms of Crohn’s disease overcame him while he was on… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 9:32 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The first ATM ever to dispense cryptocurrency materialized like a clunky Venus in her shell at a Waves cafe in downtown Vancouver in October 2013. The machine was reportedly installed by Bitcoiniacs in cooperation with a Nevada firm called Robocoin, a company Spectrum says once sourced Bitcoins… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 9:18 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Two young brothers from Surrey, British Columbia, have plead guilty to defrauding a 63-year-old Oregon woman out of bitcoins worth $140 000 USD at the time and ~$162 ooo at current prices. The Oregonian reports that Jagroop Singh Khatkar, 24, and Karanjit Singh Khatkhar, 23, plead guilty before… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EQ Bank, a digital platform provided by Equitable Bank, Canada’s Challenger Bank, revealed that it has teamed up with TransferWise, a leading UK-based money transfer service. Following the partnership, EQ Bank is offering faster cross-border funds transfers that are up to 8x cheaper for the… Read More

December 13, 2019 @ 3:29 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Lawyers appointed to represent users harmed by the failure of the cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX have asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to exhume the body of the exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten. The letter from the Miller Thompson law firm in Toronto states: “The purpose… Read More

December 13, 2019 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Growth-oriented private equity firm Great Hill announced on Friday it is set to acquire VersaPay (TSXV: VPY),  a provider of cloud-based invoice-to-cash solutions including electronic invoice presentment and payment. According to the duo, Great Hill will indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding common… Read More

December 11, 2019 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nuvei, a global payment technology provider based in Canada, announced on Wednesday it secured $270 million in common equity financing, valuing the company at $2 billion. Nuvei reported that the investment comes primarily from its existing shareholders, which includes Canadian private equity firm Novacap, supported… Read More

December 10, 2019 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

FrontFundr, Canada’s largest equity crowdfunding platform and exempt market dealer, has partnered with DealSquare, a centralized platform for private securities offerings. Crowdfund Insider previously revealed the news when it was posted on an affiliated website. Silver Maple Ventures, the holding company of FrontFunder, said in… Read More

December 9, 2019 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FlexPay, a Canada-based fintech that uses AI and machine learning to help merchants recover lost revenues from declined transactions, announced on Monday it secured $6 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Impression Ventures with participation from BMO Capital Partners and Anges… Read More

December 8, 2019 @ 8:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A cryptocurrency mining company that received grants and unsecured loans from several Canadian government agencies has filed for bankruptcy, CBC reports. According to the outlet, bankruptcy documents filed last month indicate that Great North Data has liabilities of $13.2 million CAD and assets of $4.6… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 11:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Koho, a neobank that offers Canadians an alternative to traditional banking, announced this week its Series B funding round, which received $42 million and was led by Portag3 Ventures earlier this year, secured an additional $25 million from Drive Capital and National Bank of Canada. … Read More

November 29, 2019 @ 6:59 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A Quebec-based cryptomining firm that transformed five abandoned industrial facilities in small-town Quebec into 24-7 digital currency factories has run into trouble of late thanks to noise complaints and an executive shake-up, The Canadian Press reports. Many cryptomining ventures that expanded heartily during the crypto… Read More

November 28, 2019 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

This week, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published a report on how it intends to dramatically reduce the regulatory burden in Canada’s most economically robust province. The report was completed after a 12 month review period and supported by the Ontario Ministry of Finance. Governments… Read More

November 28, 2019 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The government of Ontario is looking to updating their regulatory policies for capital markets while reducing the regulatory burden. Improvements for both large and small firms are the goal. This includes innovative businesses in Fintech as they will receive: “more flexibility in the OSC’s approach… Read More

November 23, 2019 @ 5:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investment division of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency platforms with a market cap of more than $300 million (at time of writing), has reportedly made an investment in Cyclebit, a provider of “simple, affordable… Read More

November 19, 2019 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), the third-largest bank in Canada in terms of market capitalization and deposits, is introducing a new program that will give the institution’s senior workers an opportunity to understand the ethical principles and guidelines involved in using artificial intelligence (AI)-based… Read More

November 16, 2019 @ 8:52 am By Cali Haan  |  

Walmart Canada (NYSE:WMT) and DLT Labs have announced the launch of the, “world’s largest full production blockchain solution for industrial application.” The system is a “blockchain-based” (or distributed ledger technology) freight and payment network that, “establishes state-of-the-art collaboration and information sharing with 70 third-party trucking companies… Read More

November 15, 2019 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Montreal-based Stradigi AI, a firm focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions, revealed on November 12 that it had raised $53 million CAD (appr. $40.3 million) via a Series A investment round. The capital raised will be used to support the firm’s expansion into North… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 9:31 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A spokesperson for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has confirmed that the top 5 Canadian bank has filed patents for crypto trading platform technology. The spokesperson would not confirm plans to launch, however. “(L)ike many other organizations,” Jean Francois Thibault told The Logic Monday, “(RBC) files patent… Read More