Toronto-Waterloo rises, Calgary and Montréal ecosystems to watch in Startup Genome’s global FinTech rankings
Vancouver cracks top 10 ecosystems with a population of less than three million.
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Competitive intensity
Plus: Amazon, Square launch BNPL in Canada.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Who is Changpeng Zhao, Canada’s crypto king?
Plus: Bolt’s $1.5 billion deal to buy Wyre dies.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Open banking working group failing to address critical issues
Plus: Dapper Labs backs blockchain gaming firm Revolving Games through $13.2 million USD round.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Clearco comes home, Klarna’s losses triple
Plus: Ticketmaster taps Flow Blockchain to allow organizers to issue NFTs along with tickets.
Learning from embedded FinTech leaders at Traction
CEOs of Mercury and Lendflow explain how to embed FinTech into your startup.
Information VP, National Bank invest in US FinTech FX HedgePool’s $8 million Series A round
FX HedgePool secures support from a pair of Canadian VCs.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian FinTech is in the tank, but this challenger bank thinks it can stay afloat with scale
Plus: Canadian tech companies continue to hire despite downturn.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Why Bank of Canada’s Ron Morrow says FinTechs “need to be ready”
Plus: Crypto firm FTX gets warning from FDIC to stop ‘misleading’ consumers about deposit protection.
Bank of Canada’s Ron Morrow: FinTechs “need to be ready” for upcoming retail payments regulations
Morrow expects the Bank will begin registering payments service providers in 2024.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Vitalik Buterin at the crypto cabana
Plus: Biggest Africa startup battles multiple allegations in IPO runup.
Can FinTech help Canadian Muslims with financial access?
Culture, compliance, and regulatory roadblocks are leaving Canadian Muslims underbanked.
CIBC latest Big Six bank to partner with a FinTech on private open banking API
CIBC pens data access agreement with Utah-based MX.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple’s growth stalls, Robinhood’s retail investors flee
Plus: Kirk Simpson, Peter Carrescia team up with an idea to disrupt the digital identity space.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Clearco, Coinsquare cut staff as Portage launches new late-stage fund
Plus: Caisse needs to explain its risky bet on crypto lender Celsius.