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Wrong answers only: industry continues to grapple with “inherent characteristic” of GenAI
Koho and Cohere discussed outputs and feedback, AWS previewed a proposed fix at re:Invent.
Koho rolls out AI tool to help investigate fraud and scams
FinTech startup not yet confident about generative AI in customer-facing products.
Academics, nonprofits caught in middle of data consent fight as AI companies push for access to copyrighted works
The open web is closing as copyright holders bar companies like OpenAI & Cohere from using their work.
FinTech leaders say “devil is in the details” with #Budget2024 open banking promises
Questions still remain on how open banking will work and when it will launch.
Business leaders urge feds to require public pension funds to invest at home
Feds’ proposal to encourage more domestic investment risks compromising funds’ mandates, detractors say.
One year later, what filled the hole SVB left in Canadian tech lending?
Venture debt lending has slowed but ex-SVB talent has spread across Canada’s innovation banking practices.
Middleware land grab: Flinks wants to kill screen-scraping and make APIs king
Montréal FinTech hopes to cement “special position” in North America’s financial ecosystem.
Synctera launches embedded banking platform in Canada
Canadian launch comes nine months after Synctera landed $15 million from National Bank.
Canadian FinTech companies launch open banking public action campaign as delays continue
Canada’s open banking lead, Abraham Tachjian, will extend his tenure to the end of 2023.
With no open banking update in #Budget2023, FinTech executives are increasingly jaded about timeline for delivery
Working groups resume April 14th, but open banking lead departs in September.
Investor liquidity issues are putting the squeeze on Canadian startups
In the worst tech downturn in more than a decade, some LPs aren’t honouring capital calls from Canadian VCs. It’s killing…
FTX fallout could set back investment in Canadian crypto companies for years, experts say
“Gone are the days of not doing full due diligence.”
Open banking working group failing to address critical governance, standards issues
Working group participants call governance the latest open banking battlefront as clock to implement keeps ticking.
“Canary in the coal mine”: TikTok presentation shows Big Tech’s influence on Bill C-11 debate
Is the Bill C-11 clamouring a “grassroots lobbying effort” or Big Tech machinations against regulation?