Tagged: canada

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 26, 2017 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crypto fintech company QUOINE announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with Canadian fintech startup Blockwave to bring blockchain fintech services to Canada, starting with the launch of a cryptocurrency exchange before the end of this year. The company revealed that it will deploy… 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 17, 2017 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Covera Technologies Inc., a Canadian-based insurtech start-up that uses technology to find its customers optimal insurance rates every year, has raised $1 million through its seed financing round led by Ferst Capital Partners with participation from fintech angel investors. The latest funding round follows the company’s $500,000… 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 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

September 28, 2017 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canada fintech firm and direct online access to securely vaulted and insured precious metals, Goldmoney, Inc. (TSX: XAU), announced on Thursday the addition of vaulted Bitcoin and Ethereum as secure and fully-reserved offline investable assets within the Goldmoney Holding. This will allow qualified clients to buy, sell, and exchange cryptocurrencies… Read More

September 11, 2017 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Canadian fintech startup Stack announced it has formed a partnership with MasterCard to launch its digital money accounts with mobile tap-to-pay functionality. Stack stated its accounts will include a chip-and-pin MasterCard prepaid card that provides secure point-of-sale access to worldwide retailers, global ATM networks, and… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dream Payments, a fintech company that operates a payments cloud that powers commerce and payments across mobile devices and the Internet of Things (IoT), announced on Thursday the launch of the Dream Payments Dealer Program. The company stated that the new program enables retailers including… Read More

August 16, 2017 @ 5:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Transferwise, one of the highest profile Fintech firms in Europe, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new Borderless account in Canada. This news comes just a few weeks after the company added Apple Pay to the list of options its users may leverage to… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 11:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Canadian fintech firm MOBI724 (CSE:MOS)(MOS.CN)(CNSX:MOS)(MOBIF) announced it has filed and received receipt for its final prospectus, qualifies the 29,538,203 common shares of the company and 14,769,101 common share purchase warrants issuable upon the exercise of the 29,538,203 special warrants that were previously issued by… Read More

July 13, 2017 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dream Payments, a Canada-based fintech company that operates a payments cloud to power commerce and payments across mobile devices, announced on Wednesday the opening of its first Centre of Excellence in Moncton, New Brunswick. The company reported that this is its first Canadian office outside… Read More

July 12, 2017 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real-time payments platform provider and fintech firm nanopay announced on Tuesday it has appointed former Google engineer, Kevin Greer, as its new Vice President of Engineer. The company revealed that Greer will be overseeing technical strategy and ensure successful rollouts of global services. During his… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canada fintech startup, Mylo Financial Technologies (Mylo) announced on Thursday the launch of its new personal finance management app exclusively for iPhone.  According to Mylo, the new app automatically rounds up every purchase users make and invests the spare change. Users may also open a… Read More

June 28, 2017 @ 2:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

nanoPay, an early-stage fintech company based in Toronto, announced on Wednesday it is launching a self-service MintChip Retail Payment Platform, which will enable merchants to accept digital cash (in Canadian Dollars) and deliver all the benefits of traditional cash at a fraction of the cost of… 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 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

April 27, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender OnDeck Canada announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with cloud-based point-of-sales platform for independent retailers and restaurants, Lightspeed. According to the duo, this new partnership will allow Lightspeed users to secure loans through OnDeck’s lending platform and the new offering will… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 6:59 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Last week, ONGO, a mobile payments platform based in Myanmar, announced a strategic partnership with the National Bank of Canada (NBC). According to ONGO’s announcement, NBC acquired a 22% stake in ONGO. The company declined to disclose any other terms of the deal. ONGO is… Read More