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Product Hunt TO tackles startup survival in highly-regulated FinTech industry(BETAKIT)
“Canada is a leader in this marketplace and most of you have no clue about the awesome companies that exist in Canada.”
The Co-Founder of Kickstarter on Why He’s “Not Some Rich Tech Dude With a Tesla”(WEALTHSIMPLE)
For Charles Adler, career happiness came when he learned to divorce work from the concept of money. (sponsored)
Fiserv Partners To Launch Accelerator That Helps Global Fintech Startups Commercialize(FORBES)
Bank Innovation and Fiserv are launching INV, with the support of U.S. Bank, the 5th largest bank in the U.S. and other partners including Cross River Bank.
EY launches fintech secondment programme for startups(FINEXTRA)
EY and Innovate Finance – the world’s largest membership association for FinTech, today announced the launch of a FinTech secondment programme.
Visa launches payments developer platform(BETAKIT)
For the first time, Visa is opening up its payments technology to developers.
3 Ways That The Blockchain Will Change The Real Estate Market(TECHCRUNCH)
The traditional real estate market is not known for being quick and easy.
Wearable payments startup Fit Pay secures $3.1 million in seed funding(FINEXTRA)
Fit Pay, a wearable payments startup founder by former Visa and CyberSource executives, has raised $3.1 million in a seed funding round led by Germany’s Giesecke & Devrient.
Montreal-based Blockstream raises $55 million Series A(BETAKIT)
All three of the leading investors are either based in Asia or have offices in Asia.