Canada

November 30, 2017 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Katipult, a Fintech company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, announced on Thursday it has appointed founding CFO of PayPal, Former Match Group CFO, and former Director of HSBC Investment Bank to its Board of Directors members. This news comes just after the company has listed its… Read More

November 22, 2017 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Katipult, a Fintech company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is now a public company. Katipult has listed its shares under ticker symbol FUND on the TSVX . Katipult received approval on November 15th and netted CAD $1.6 million in the transaction to fund its growth plan…. Read More

November 21, 2017 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canada-based real-time payments platform provider and fintech firm nanopay recently announced it has appointed Nilesh Dusane as Chief Revenue Officer and Amir Sunderji as Chief Risk Officer. The company revealed that Dusane and Sunderji will play an essential role in its mission to scale payments solution and build… Read More

November 18, 2017 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) is sponsoring a Regtech Hackathon to take place in Vancouver, BC on November 28th. The one-day event is designed to challenge participants to create innovative solutions to help industry meet its regulatory requirements more efficiently and effectively, and improve… Read More

November 16, 2017 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NFCA)’s VanFUNDING, a West Coast event that’s dedicated to connecting people to partnerships, investment, and business opportunities, announced on Wednesday it is bringing its 2017 Blockchain, Fintech, Funding Conference and RegTech Hackathon to Vancouver on November 28th at the Morris… Read More

November 14, 2017 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian fintech Mogo Finance Technology Inc. (MOGO.TO) (MOGOF) announced on Tuesday it has appointed former PayPal head Darrell MacMullin as one of its new advisors in order to support the company’s product expansion efforts, including the upcoming launch of its recently announced cryptocurrency account, and new… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Red Mountain Resort, a ski area in British Columbia, Canada, has cross listed its crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine in the US and FrontFundr in Canada. This is one of the first crowdfunding campaigns to provide a cross border offer like this and, according to… Read More

November 1, 2017 @ 12:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Air Canada announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with Adyen to provide an international payment solution to all customers. The airliner reported that through this agreement, customers will be able to use their preferred local method of payment when making travel purchases. While… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 11:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

True Leaf Medicine International (CSE: MJ) (FSE: TLA) (OTCQB:TRLFF), a Canadian company is running a testing the waters (TTW) campaign to gauge investor interest in a possible Reg A+ crowdfunding offer seeking a max raise of $10 million. True Leaf says this is the first… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendified, a Canada-based lender who provides small business loans online has entered into an agreement with ClearFlow Commercial Finance to increase its lending capacity. According to the lending platform, through the agreement, ClearFlow is providing it with a $60 million credit facility to fund loans… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently the Canadian regulators have gone out of their way to embrace innovation and Fintech in general. This past week, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published a decision on the application of Token Funder to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the tokenized security… Read More

October 19, 2017 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regtech platform iComplyICO has hired Piotr Piasecki, known in the crypto world as “ThePiachu” to serve as its “decentralization manager.” Piasecki is a grey beard in the Bitcoin community having wrote a master’s thesis on Bitcoin security in 2012 in the Technical University of Lodz… Read More

October 14, 2017 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Scotiabank announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with Latin America’s startup accelerator, NXTP Labs. According to the Canadian bank, the strategic collaboration will allow it to gain access to the most promising Fintechs in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru, and also leverage these… Read More

October 11, 2017 @ 8:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian fintech Dream Payments announced on Tuesday Staples has joined its recently launched Dealership Program. The company revealed that under the partnership, its mobile point-of-sale (POS) debit/credit card terminal will now be able for purchase on Staples’ website. While sharing details about the new partnership,… Read More

October 11, 2017 @ 3:07 am By JD Alois  |  

While some financial regulators have simply stopped Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) or slowed activity in the cryptocurrency space, others have been more receptive towards embracing change and recognizing the fact you need to be more innovative. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is one of the… Read More

October 10, 2017 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with the Desjardins Group to launch a new fintech investment fund. The creation of this fund was announced during the Canada FinTech Forum According to the Canadian companies, the funds… Read More

October 10, 2017 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment Rails, a Canada-based API-first payouts platform for businesses, announced on Tuesday it has appointed former President of PayPal, Scott Thompson, as an investor and board advisor. This news comes just after the company completed its seed round and brought total investment funding to $1.1… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Aion, a community-driven project lead by Nuco Global Inc. and the Aion Foundation, has raised $22 million USD to build the first interoperable blockchain network. The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) pre-sale took less than one week to raise $7.2 million with half their capital goal raised… Read More

October 4, 2017 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Glenn Ballman, an internet entrepreneur from the DotBomb days, has launched a new company called düber Technologies. Düber is described as a SaaS provider for the Cannabis industry, an emerging sector of business that has been ready to boom for years. Düber recently announced… Read More

October 4, 2017 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian fintech firm MOBI724 Global Solutions Inc. announced this week it has entered into an agreement with Visa, a global payments technology company, to provide Visa clients a suite of integrated Loyalty Solutions, including MOBI724’s Card-Linked Offers & Rewards, Digital Marketing and Business Intelligence Solutions… Read More