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Kelsey Rolfe

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Kelsey Rolfe is an award-winning freelance journalist who covers tech, mining, work, and finance.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 29, 2023<March 29, 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.

Broken piggy bank
Canadian Startup NewsJanuary 23, 2023<January 23, 2023

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, FTT
Canadian Startup NewsNovember 21, 2022<November 21, 2022

FTX fallout could set back investment in Canadian crypto companies for years, experts say

“Gone are the days of not doing full due diligence.”

Abraham Tachjian open banking lead
Canadian Startup NewsSeptember 6, 2022<September 6, 2022

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.

TikTok app
Canadian Startup NewsJune 1, 2022<June 7, 2022

“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?

theScore Bet billboard
Canadian Startup NewsMarch 29, 2022<March 29, 2022

theScore is ready for mobile sports betting to come to Ontario

After two years of away games, theScore is set to launch its Canadian-developed sports betting platform on home turf.

Abraham Tachjian open banking lead
Canadian Startup NewsMarch 21, 2022<March 22, 2022

PwC digital banking director Abraham Tachjian to be named Canada’s open banking lead

The appointment to come almost a year after its recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Open Banking.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 25, 2021<November 25, 2021

As CIOSC preps consumer framework, Canadian FinTech startups fear another open banking boondoggle

The CIO Strategy Council will release a draft of its minimum viable framework for consumer-directed finance by the end of 2021…

Flinks
Canadian Startup NewsNovember 24, 2021<November 24, 2021

Tired of waiting, Flinks launches its own Open Banking Environment with National Bank

API developer Flinks is launching a new product called the Open Banking Environment (OBE) in collaboration with the National…

CIBC
Canadian Startup NewsJune 9, 2021<June 10, 2021

CIBC Innovation Banking looks to fuel Canadian tech rocketship as ecosystem soars

With an explosion in capital entering Canadian tech, CIBC Innovation Banking has emerged as a sophisticated player in the space.…

Canadian flag parliament Ottawa
Canadian Startup NewsMay 5, 2021<May 5, 2021

FinTech startups frustrated with glacial pace of Canada’s open banking consultations

Sue Britton was feeling “super optimistic” when the Advisory Committee on Open Banking sent out a package for phase-two…

Image of University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus
Canadian Startup NewsMarch 17, 2021<March 17, 2021

As the federal government prepares a new BC RDA, Kelowna-area groups lobby for attention

As the federal government works to develop a regional development agency (RDA) dedicated to British Columbia, a group of Okanagan-area…

Canadian Startup NewsJanuary 27, 2020<January 27, 2020

Aifred Health sole Canadian team among 10 semi-finalists of global IBM Watson competition

Montreal-based Aifred Health has been named one of the top 10 semi-finalists of the global IBM Watson AI XPrize. The startup…

Canadian Startup NewsSeptember 19, 2019<September 18, 2019

The five Canadian startups competing in the IBM Watson AI XPrize

At the beginning of December, the global IBM Watson AI XPrize will announce its top 10 semi-finalists before heading into its…

Investing
Canadian Startup NewsMay 14, 2019<November 13, 2022

Five Canadian cities with highest volume of investment dollars and deals in 2018

Canada’s tech ecosystem is consistently growing year-over-year. Startup Genome’s recent report revealed that not only is…

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