F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitfarms bites back at activist takeover
Plus: Nesto eyes controlling stake in CMLS Financial.
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BCV leads second round in Relay, as SMB-focused FinTech closes $44-million CAD Series B
Startup targets profitability and $100-million USD run rate by end of 2025.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bench and Shopify alumni get $11 million to launch “Stripe for accounting”
Plus: Neo Financial credit products will now report to Equifax.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Is Canada an easy mark for international money laundering?
Plus: ZayZoon returns its services to Canada after years in the US.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple begins offering mortgages with Pine partnership
Plus: Binance caught in anti-money laundering crosshairs.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Jack Dorsey’s Block investigated by US federal prosecutors
Plus: Binance CEO sentenced to four months.
FinTech startup Fluence Technologies agrees to be acquired by Anaplan
Anaplan plans to integrate Fluence’s financial consolidation software into its own platform.
F|T: The FinTech Times – UK law enforcement can now seize crypto before an arrest
Plus: Zafin’s founder headlines latest slew of #CDNtech CEO turnover.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Business leaders react to open banking updates in #Budget2024
Plus: Crypto enthusiasts eager for Bitcoin’s ‘halving.’
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.
As FinTech sector anticipates open banking in Budget 2024, Payments Canada reveals no Real-Time Rail until at least 2026
Payments Canada did not share when it hopes to officially launch the RTR payment system.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian banks rank high in global AI innovation
Plus: Haun Ventures gets back into blockchain by investing in Chainalysis.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Coinbase secures restricted dealer status in Canada
Plus: Nuvei to go-private in $6.3B deal while Binance kills Bitcoin NFT support.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years
Plus: Mogo backs Kaos in WonderFi boardroom battle.
F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi goes international with Australian crypto licence
Plus: Nuvei confirms it is in takeover talks.