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Investment Association’s Fintech Hub Announces New Firms Joining Innovator Program, Key Partnerships in Canada

The Investment Association’s (IA) Fintech hub and accelerator, IA Engine, has announced the latest firms to join its Innovator Program, as well as new global Fintech partnerships between Engine and Canada. The following five firms have been chosen to join this year’s cohort, which, during… Read More

US Claims Over 80% of Spot Bitcoin ETF Market, Surpassing Canada – Report

The US has reportedly captured 83% of the Spot Bitcoin ETF market, overtaking Canada. This, according to an update from CoinGecko. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are “incorporated in 11 countries worldwide and traded in just 6 geographical markets,” the team at CoinGecko noted. CoinGecko… Read More

Regtech Trulioo, an Identity Platform Supporting Business Verification, Partners with EQ Bank

Trulioo, an identity platform with proven global coverage for person and business verification, today announced it has partnered with EQ Bank, the digital platform of Canada’s Challenger Bank. EQ Bank chose Trulioo Identity Document Verification, Workflow Studio and Business Verification to “streamline customer and business… Read More

Payments Canada Shares Update on Leadership Transition

The Payments Canada Board of Directors announced that Tracey Black, who joined Payments Canada in 2018, made the decision not to renew her term as President and CEO of Payments Canada. Over the last five years, Black has led “a series of major payment modernization… Read More

BIGG Digital Assets Announces that Blockchain Intelligence Group Has Expanded Operations with Law Enforcement Agencies

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG) an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group, Netcoins, and TerraZero, announces further expansion of its product and QLUE user base. Blockchain Intelligence Group has partnered with a State Bureau of Investigations that will… Read More

Robinhood Markets Announces Business Expansion Plans, Aims to Recruit Professionals in Canada

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) explains that it was founded on a simple idea: that their financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the “heart” or core of their decisions, Robinhood claims that it is lowering barriers and “providing greater access to financial information… Read More

Fintech Objectway Announces Acquisition of Canada’s Nest Wealth, a Digital Wealth Solutions Provider

Objectway, the Fintech provider of as-a-service software and services to banks, wealth and asset managers, announced the acquisition of Nest Wealth, a Canadian provider of digital wealth solutions. Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway has “built partnerships with banks, wealth and… Read More

BIGG Digital Assets Releases Unaudited Results for Netcoins During Q4 2023, Introduces Crypto Trading API

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

Cboe Canada to Bring Together NEO Exchange, MATCHNow Alternative Trading System into Corporate Entity Effective Jan 2024

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

Canada: BIGG Digital Assets Onboards Publicly Traded Bitcoin Mining Firm as OTC Trading Client

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

Payments Canada Update: Automated Clearing Settlement System and Lynx Cleared and Settled Transactions Valued at Over $106 Trillion

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

Xero, the Small Business Platform, Partners with Canada’s Open Banking Fintech Flinks

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

TD Bank Group and Plaid to Assist Canada and US Clients with Securely Accessing Financial Data

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

Canada Could Be on Right Crypto Regulation Path: Unterman

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

KPMG in Canada and Chainalysis to Combat Illicit Crypto Transactions

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

Digital Assets: Netcoins Reports Steady Growth as Crypto Market Recovers

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

Cross-Border Payments Represent One-Sixth of All Transaction Values Globally, Estimated to Increase to $250T+ in Value by 2027 – Report

Cross-border payments are financial transactions where the accounts of the payor and payee are based in different countries, the Payments Canada team explains. Cross-border payments are typically “more complex than domestic payments as they involve different national legal and regulatory frameworks, more than one currency,… Read More

Global VC Firm Acton Capital Closes Fund ACTON VI to Invest throughout Europe and Canada

Acton Capital, one of Europe’s longest-standing venture capital investors, has announced the closing of its Fund ACTON VI to invest throughout Europe and Canada. The team remains committed to “backing companies in their early growth phase, with a focus on startups developing sustainable scaling strategies… Read More

DTCC Introduces OTC Direct Connect to Provide Access to Derivatives Transactions Data

DTCC, the market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, announced the launch of DTCC’s OTC Direct Connect, a service providing seamless access to OTC derivatives transactions data that are reportable in the U.S. and Canada. With OTC Direct Connect, investment professionals, data vendors, and… Read More

Blockchain Intelligence Group Expands Operations with Foreign Government, Law Enforcement Partnerships

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, and Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to announce a significant milestone in Blockchain Intelligence Group’s growth and global expansion strategy. Blockchain Intelligence Group has signed 1… Read More

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