Tagged: toronto

February 20, 2025 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Glassbox, a Toronto-based fintech startup, announced that it raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding in order to “reimagine” how finance teams work with spreadsheets in the age of AI (artificial intelligence). The investment round was led by FinTech Collective (New York) and StandUp Ventures (Toronto),… Read More

April 18, 2024 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Interac Corp. announced it has entered into a strategic transaction to acquire the exclusive Canadian rights to use Toronto-based Vouchr Ltd.‘s engagement platform which enables users to send and receive personalized multi-media notifications along with their money transfers. With this strategic transaction, Interac intends to… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Toronto-based fintech Clearco announced the completion of multiple actions to recapitalize its business and solidify its position as the leading provider of growth capital to e-commerce businesses. The transactions include “a $60M equity raise from existing investors and a new asset-backed financing facility, which provides… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Engage People, which claims to be the only loyalty network that enables program members to pay with points (PwP) directly at checkout, “reported 22 billion points redeemed and a total of 1.8 million in transactions across its loyalty network in 2022.” As the demand for… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa) (Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia’s data-driven fintech and e-commerce ecosystem, announced the establishment of a strategic cryptocurrency payment partnership with Canada-based CoinSmart Financial Inc, a Toronto-headquartered crypto asset trading platform. Under this paradigm-shifting collaboration, SmartPay by CoinSmart “provides transaction settlement services in… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) announced that it has agreed to acquire Boston-based Wall Street Horizon, Inc. (WSH), a provider of global market-moving action and global corporate event data. Jay Rajarathinam, Chief Operating Officer, TMX Group, said: “TMX Group is committed to serving the evolving needs… Read More

October 6, 2022 @ 6:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RBC announced it has acquired MDBilling.ca, a cloud-based platform that automates and simplifies medical billing for Canadian physicians. The company joins Dr.Bill at RBC, another medical billing company “acquired by the bank in 2020.” Founded in 2008, Toronto-based MDBilling.ca’s product offering is “rooted in its… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) announced that Visa tap to pay will officially “arrive on GO Transit, and has launched on the UP Express, making it easier to travel on transit by offering riders a contactless payment option with their Visa credit card or payment-enabled device (e.g…. Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 8:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Savana, a financial software for banks and fintechs, announced the closing of a $45 million Series A round led by Georgian, a growth-stage investor based in Toronto, Canada. The funds will be “used to drive continued growth of Savana’s core-agnostic Digital Delivery Platform, ramp up… Read More

June 16, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealthsimple is reportedly laying off 13% of its staff members as the financial services firm joins the slew of global technology businesses facing market “immense volatility.” In a letter to staff of the Toronto-headquartered company on Wednesday, CEO Michael Katchen noted that 159 of the… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

QuadFi, which claims to be a “mission driven” global fintech firm headquartered in Canada, has announced that it entered into an agreement for “a new financing facility of up to $100 million (CAD $127 million) with Crayhill Capital Management, a New York-based minority-owned private credit… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto rewards platform Cultos recently announced that it has teamed up with gaming company Secret Pirates in order to launch “an exclusive loyalty program for Lumiii, the decentralized edutainment ecosystem.” Lumiii’s animated series, The Secret Order of Lumiiis™, and its blockchain games empower players and… Read More

March 12, 2022 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lendable, an AI-enhanced consumer finance platform, has announced a £210 million funding round at a valuation “in excess of £3.5 billion.” The round has reportedly been led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’), through its Teachers’ Innovation Platform (TIP). TIP focuses on… Read More

February 27, 2022 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Tipalti reveals that its clients are now reporting steady growth. Recently, the firm noted that its payment volume increased 2x last year to over $36 billion. The San Mateo based Fintech company assists Amazon Twitch (Nasdaq: AMZN), Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) and other businesses… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Engage People, the loyalty network that enables program members to pay with points (PwP) directly at checkout, recently reported a 33% increase in YoY revenue in 2021. Access+, Engage People’s platform that powers the loyalty network and PwP capabilities, grew revenue “by 94% – a… Read More

February 20, 2022 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TMX Group Limited (TMX) recently announced that it has closed an equity investment, “acquiring a minority interest” in SigmaLogic, Inc. (DBA ETFLogic), a US-headquartered Fintech and provider of analytics and portfolio tools to the wealth management sector and investment fund manufacturers. This investment follows the… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tier1 Financial Solutions, a provider of capital markets and investment banking client relationship management solutions, and AML compliance and fraud prevention solutions, has appointed Megan Howe as MD, North America Sales. Howe will be responsible for “driving compliance software and buy-side CRM sales in North… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tipalti, a global, scalable payables automation solution provider for high-velocity companies, is reportedly recruiting talent for its new location, looking mainly for Account Executives, Sales Development Reps, Solutions Consultants, Alliances and Sales Operations. Tipalti claims to be the only international payables automation solution for enhancing all… Read More

October 20, 2021 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay introduced its latest product capability at the Telecommunications Risk Management Association of Canada (TRMA Canada) Conference, which was held in Toronto. Building on the established Clik2pay service, which enables consumers to make secure payments directly via their banking accounts, this capability… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq and TSX: NVEI), the international payment tech partner of major brands, reveals that it’s teaming up with Visa, the leader in virtual payments, in order to offer Nuvei’s US customers with access to quick payouts via implementation of Visa Direct, which is… Read More