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Government of Canada launches FinTech study examining regulation that stifles innovation(BETAKIT)
The central aim of the study, which will be published Spring 2017, is to advise regulators and authorities on how to ensure regulation doesn’t impede innovation or competition.
The Drummer from Keys N Krates Tells Us Why He Doesn’t Care About Material Things but Still Wants a Gold Rolex(WEALTHSIMPLE)
Adam Tune from the Toronto band talks about how his most valuable financial lessons came from realizing he could live happily being broke. (sponsored)
ReUp wants to white label the next generation of merchant solutions(BETAKIT)
ReUp’s white-label mobile payment platform allows independent businesses to build their own native mobile payment apps.
Fitbit buys Coin assets for wearable payments play(FINEXTRA)
The deal, which includes key personnel and intellectual property specific to Coin’s wearables payment platform, is intended to fast-forward Fitbit’s ability to put NFC payments in its devices.
Google brings Android Pay to ATMs, Chrome and more apps(TECHCRUNCH)
Pali Bhat, Google’s senior director of product management for Android Pay, says that one and a half million users in the U.S. now set up Android Pay on their phones every month.
RBC Has ‘Secret Weapon’ in FinTech Fight(BLOOMBERG)
Presented without comment.
Blockchain startups make up 20% of largest crowdfunding projects(VENTUREBEAT)
A look at each of the individual blockchain ventures that have ranked in the top 25 of crowdfunding campaigns.
Blockchain open sources Thunder network, paving the way for instant bitcoin transactions(TECHCRUNCH)
The Thunder network is an alternative network of nodes that lets you make off-chain bitcoin payments in seconds and settle back to the bitcoin blockchain every now and then.
UGO Wallet extends mobile payments to more devices with Visa tokenization(YAHOO)
UGO Wallet, for Android devices running on operating system version 4.4 or higher, will now use encrypted tokens during mobile Visa payment transactions.