Canada committed to real-time rail, aims to be a point of stability in an uncertain world, finance minister says
The minister spoke at Payments Canada Summit about modernizing the financial system.
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Canada’s plan to ban crypto ATMs worries industry, advocates
Nearly 4,000 cryptocurrency ATMs are located across Canada.
Everyday Payments customers allege their money is missing
Restaurants report missing balances as platform operators trade explanations.
Carbon Upcycling names new CEO
CRO Markus Kritzler succeeds Apoorv Sinha, who has moved into the role of president.
Ali Asaria’s Transformer Lab launches worldwide
The launch coincides with a successful fundraising round from investors on both sides of the border.
Canada and Alberta announce 27 new projects to expand high-speed internet access
New projects target communities still falling below national internet speed benchmarks.
Stablecorp secures funding to build out its stablecoin pegged to Canadian dollar
Coinbase Ventures backs funding round as exchange endures cyberattack fallout.
Gatik raises $107 million CAD Series B round, announces Texas expansion
Palo Alto and Toronto-based Gatik has secured $107 million CAD ($85 million USD) in Series B financing to fuel the expansion…
Government of Canada establishes FedNor as standalone regional development agency
The federal government has named the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario (FedNor) a “full-fledged”…
OMERS survey finds dealflow rose or held steady during COVID-19 for most Canadian VCs
One year into the pandemic, research suggests that for the majority of Canadian venture capital (VC) firms deal activity has…
Shopify, Technovation take women in STEM partnership global
With the help of global tech education non-profit Technovation, Shopify has increased its young women in science, technology,…
As Ethereum turns five, the world’s second biggest crypto platform aims to tackle long-standing challenges
Five years ago, Ethereum, Canada’s biggest contribution to the blockchain space, officially went live. Since then, the cryptocurrency…
Royal Bank of Canada, Borealis AI partner with Red Hat, NVIDIA on new AI computing platform
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has developed its own cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) computing platform upon which…
Women in Canada agree tech companies still have a reputation problem
Despite recent efforts by technology companies to improve gender equality and parity in the workplace, a recent survey conducted…
Canada, France governments announce Declaration of the International Panel on AI
Today the Government of Canada made public the Declaration of the International Panel on Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), and…