Lending Loop makes the case for its P2P lending business on #TheDisruptors
Last week, BetaKit wrote about the decision by Toronto-based FinTech startup Lending Loop to voluntarily suspended new loan…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Mobile payments are broken
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Startup Canada Podcast: 17-year-old Alex Gillis on entering the Dragons’ Den
A $50,000 deal with Next Gen Den Dragons Harley Finkelstein and Nicole Verkindt has 17-year-old Alex Gillis thinking about…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 7: Canadian unicorn hype check
There was a time in Canadian tech when we celebrated the existence of any unicorn. Now, with a growing list of Canadian startups…
#DellSMBChat: The changing ways we work
A recent Regus report states that remote employees in Canada can only work in coffee shops for 20 minutes before productivity…
CXI offers “Tinder for startups” at retail pitch competition
Just one day before the start of Dx3, Canada’s largest digital retail conference, The Working Group (TWG), Mercedes-Benz,…
Today in Canadian Unicorns: Hootsuite written down, Slack raising at $4B USD valuation
Following Shopify’s successful IPO and strong growth, the Canadian tech community has kept its eye on the nation’s other…
Lending Loop halts new loan requests amidst talks with “securities regulatory authorities”
Toronto-based Lending Loop posted a notice on its website yesterday stating that the startup has suspended new loan requests…
F|T: The FinTech Times – The bank that FinTech built
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 6: Is Canadian tech a “branch-plant economy?”
This week’s episode of the CanCon podcast is filled with tough questions. Questions about the future of the Canadian…
Read the first 30 pages of The Growth Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Jeff Goldenberg is a veteran of the Canadian startup space. A serial entrepreneur and committed Canadian startup mentor, he…
Grow and Conexus partner to bring consumer lending platform to Saskatchewan
Vancouver FinTech startup Grow (formerly Grouplend) announced another partnership with a financial institution this morning,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Partnerships are the new black
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 5: Startup frat bro culture and the pressure to scale
With Patrick in Barcelona to cover MWC, the CanCon podcast returns with a special guest star to discuss Canadian tech and tech…
Shopify revenue hits $70.2 million USD in Q4, 99% YoY growth
Ottawa-based Shopify announced its Q4 2015 financial results today, continuing a strong showing of post-IPO growth. In its…