F|T: The FinTech Times – FreshBooks boots CEO, FinTech leaders pressure Liberals on open banking
Plus: WonderFi has now purchased assets from nearly half of Canada’s regulated crypto trading platforms.
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“We are still waiting”: FinTech leaders urge Liberals to enact much-delayed open banking rules
Open letter comes on the heels of Conservative bill pressuring federal action on open banking.
F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech startups dominate Fast 50, former NYSE president in talks to reboot FTX
Plus: Tax Court disqualifies government loan spending from SR&ED.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all charges, Intuit winds down Mint
Plus: BDC recommits to seed deals with $50M fund.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Is open banking in Canada dead?
Plus: How a Fintech reckoning Is rippling through a small bank in Washington.
Wealthsimple’s Hanna Zaidi on the “lack of political will” harming FinTech innovation
Wealthsimple CCO says FinTech startups are a “second-class citizen” when accessing key infrastructure.
FinTech startup Peloton Technologies announces acquisition of KIS Payments
The deal comes almost four months after Peloton received $1.5M from PacifiCan.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Procurify, Hiive secure new funding to tackle spend management & secondaries
Plus: Plaid hires first CFO on road to IPO.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Consumer payments startup Braid shuts down, Goldman Sachs drops BNPL
Plus: Ten Key Labs secures $10.5 million, launches AI equity management tool for founders.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s open banking lead extends his term as delays continue
Plus: Clearco recapitalizes, WonderFi eyes Nasdaq.
Ecosystem fears SDTC funding gap, FinTechs rally against open banking delays
Plus: Hugging Face’s Sasha Luccioni on tracking the ethical and environmental impacts of AI.
Canadian FinTech companies launch open banking public action campaign as delays continue
Canada’s open banking lead, Abraham Tachjian, will extend his tenure to the end of 2023.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple partners with Interac, Luge Capital is ready to cut cheques
Plus: Neo Financial, Float headline LinkedIn top startups list.
Neo, Float, Cohere top startup list, Luge tops up new FinTech fund
Plus: AI regulation is coming but Tobi Lütke is not “EFRAID”
Luge Capital looks to buck FinTech trends with $71-million CAD first close of new fund
FinTech-focused firm targets $100-million fund and expanded team across Canada.