Canada

June 23, 2017 @ 2:49 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

The Boston based company Fintech Sandbox and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together to bring the Fintech Sandbox model into Ontario and eventually the rest of Canada. The President and CEO of OCE, Dr. Tom Corr,… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canada-based fintech firm MOBI724 Global Solutions Inc. announced on Monday it has appointed Michael Schuck as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) and Johnny Hawa as Chief Operating Officer (COO). The company reports that Schuck has more than 30 years of experience in both banking and financial… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 8:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

KPMG and Matchi named Avoka as the winner of ATB Financial’s Customer Onboarding Global Innovation Challenge. Avoka will now work with ATB on a proof-of-concept project with a view to roll out and implement the solution. “Avoka is thrilled to have been selected the winner… Read More

June 14, 2017 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Misys and D+H have combined their two firms to create a diversified global financial software provider. The company says the merger, announced earlier this year, creates an unmatched operation in terms of depth and breadth of solutions. Operating under the new company name Finastra, management… Read More

June 12, 2017 @ 5:55 am By Erin Hobey  |  

LendingArch, a Calgary-based online and point-of-sale lending platform, announced its expansion to Quebec. LendingArch has partnered with medical clinics and home improvement contractors in Quebec to offer POS financing options, enabling LendingArch to become a fourth in-store payment method by applying online to finance products… Read More

June 9, 2017 @ 6:41 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Charlotte-based fintech firm AvidXchange, which provides accounts payable and automated payment solutions to midsize businesses, announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard along with a separate capital raise of $300 million. Both the strategic partnership with Mastercard and the capital raise of $300 million will go towards the… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Some crowdfunding platforms are accepting money from international investors. First, to clarify, is is allowable under US regulations but there are caveats to the rules. In the US, there are three different securities exemptions where you can publicly promote your offerings online: Reg D (506c),… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 1:25 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

According to a recent article on Trustnodes, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore’s central bank, has successfully digitized their national currency by a creating a token out of the Singapore dollar on Ethereum’s blockchain technology. Phase 1 Complete Last November, MAS announced Project Ubin: a… Read More

June 6, 2017 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Aztec Exchange, a provider of invoice finance products and services, and Canadian EDI provider EDI Gateway, have formed a partnership to deliver Aztec’s e-invoice payment service PayMe (or payme.cloud) to EDI Gateway’s Canadian supplier and corporate clients. PayMe says it is unique in the early… Read More

June 2, 2017 @ 6:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Beanworks, an accounting automation company whose platform connects mid-sized firms from invoice to payment has closed on a $4.5M Series A funding round. The investment was led by Vancouver Founder Fund and TIMIA Capital. Beanworks’ customizable Fintech platform is designed to empower accounting teams to… Read More

June 2, 2017 @ 2:34 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

This week, Canadian fintech company Wave, which is based out of Toronto, Ontario, announced it had closed on $32 million CAD (about US $24 million) of funding for its Series D round. The funding was led by investments from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and National… Read More

May 31, 2017 @ 6:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Last year, the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA) published their industry-led research in the 2016 Alternative Finance Crowdfunding in Canada report. Their research benchmarked industry growth at 48% from 2013-2015 and predicted the 2016 market volume to be $190 million The NCFA has now… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 10:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK based Fineqia has announced its intent to launch the Beta version of its new investor platform by Canada Day (July 1, 2017). Fineqia is based in the UK. Finequia has partnered with JOI Media’s Katipult crowdfunding platform to launch in Canada. JOI is based… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 10:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dubuc Motors said it would be starting production of its Tomahawk electric car in 2018. Dubuc said the Tomahawk “will be produced in the thousands of units appropriately intended for a niche market within the luxury segment.” Dubuc intends to unveil the production model at… Read More

May 29, 2017 @ 1:17 pm By Barry James  |  

It may be counterintuitive but the research has been done and the results are now in – and it’s as we’ve been saying for almost five years. Fraud in crowdfunding is not just almost non-existent –  so much so as to be hard to measure,… Read More

May 29, 2017 @ 5:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Bank of Canada, along with Payments Canada, R3 and seven commercial banks, today disclosed the results of Project Jasper phase II, an experimental wholesale interbank payment system using digital ledger technology (DLT) which is considered the backbone of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. First launched in 2015,… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 7:05 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Instant messaging app Kik is currently developing its own cryptocurrency which it will soon offer for sale to the public, according to an article on CoinDesk. WeChat of the West Dubbed the “WeChat of the West”, Kik was founded in 2009 by a group of… Read More

May 22, 2017 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Decentral has announced that its flagship product, Jaxx , a multi-platform digital currency wallet and exchange, has secured more than 70 new partners and integrations for all things blockchain. Jaxx wants to be the tool that brings digital currencies and digital assets to the masses. “We are bringing together… Read More

May 19, 2017 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

futureshare, an alternative finance platform, launched this week offering a service for Canadian homeowners to unlock equity in their homes. Unlike traditional Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs), futureshare will provide immediate cash in return for a percentage of a home’s appreciation in value. futureshare’s online… Read More

May 16, 2017 @ 6:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“…crowdfunding is an incredible resource for independent artists and is a powerful way to maintain creative control of our work.” This time of year is filled with graduations and future plans for promising students, artists and songwriters.  Kickstarter covers an interesting earful of projects from songwriter students who… Read More