F|T: The FinTech Times – Portage secures a boatload
Plus: A year after launch, Backbone Angels is closing gaps felt by underrepresented founders.
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Portage Ventures closes $788.5 million CAD for third FinTech fund
Portage claims the early stage FinTech fund is one of the largest in the world.
F|T: The FinTech Times – BitConnect founder goes bye-bye
Plus: Questrade launches online mortgage service QuestMortgage.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Leadership changes at Clearco
Plus: 1Password expands into crypto.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Things at Better are getting worse
Plus: Canadian tech salaries jumped 38 percent since 2019, but attracting talent is tough.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde
Plus: Tories push Trudeau for plan to lure crypto investment.
Wafra Capital Partners acquires Toronto FinTech startup Financeit from Goldman Sachs
The sale comes five years after Goldman Sachs acquired Financeit.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Can Koho disrupt Canadian banking before Wealthsimple disrupts them?
Plus: Coinbase adds Shopify CEO to board of directors.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bench’s CEO gets benched
Plus: Wealthsimple founder says Canada should ‘plant a flag’ in crypto.
Zafin acquires Fincad, adding analytics to its FinTech services
Zafin also announced launch of a new banking group.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Andreessen Horowitz wants *how much* to invest in crypto?
Plus: Shakepay shakes its way to a $44 million Series A.
F|T: The FinTech Times – The Quadriga quandary
Plus: Canadian crypto exchanges take issue with Crypto.com’s domestic advertising blitz.
F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi makes a huge (Bit)buy
Plus: Mogo filing says relationship with Coinsquare is delaying CSA exemption.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Ledn bets on Bitcoin-backed mortgages
Plus: Institutional Bitcoin broker NYDIG valued at $7B in whopping $1B funding round.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Is Wealthsimple building a FinTech super app?
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