Kik investing $12 million towards improving user safety with Kin
Kik has formed a safety advisory board and earmarked $12 million CAD for a safety initiative. Over the next 18 months, Kik…
FinTech
F|T: The FinTech Times – The merits of digital currencies
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Coinsquare raises $10.5 million Series A
goNumerical-owned Coinsquare, a Toronto-based cryptocurrency platform for buying and selling bitcoin, has raised a $10.5 million…
F|T: The FinTech Times – “Definitely not a fraud”
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
University of Toronto launches financial innovation hub for its students
University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has launched The Rotman Financial Innovation Hub in Advanced Analytics…
Nuco receives funding from Ontario to improve digital identity verification
Nuco has been awarded government funding through the Small Business Innovation Challenge to develop a solution improving digital…
Canadian Payments Innovation Forum says collaboration continues to drive FinTech innovation
At RFi Group’s third annual Canadian Payments Innovation Forum in Toronto, over 100 payments and banking executives gathered…
Overbond enters US market with New York office, platform expansion
Overbond, a digital platform for primary bond issuance, has announced that it will be expanding its presence in the US by opening…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bank of Amazon
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Wealthsimple, League among KPMG’s top 50 FinTech companies
Several Canadian companies were recognized in KPMG’s FinTech100, which names companies it believes are among the best…
Viviplan receives $65,000 from BMO-DMZ FinTech accelerator Demo Day
BMO and the DMZ at Ryerson University have announced the winners of the DMZ-BMO Fintech Accelerator Demo Day. Of the four finalists,…
Canadians can now add money to their Amazon accounts through Canada Post
A trip to the post office now means you can make cash purchases on Amazon.ca. Thanks to a partnership between Canada Post,…
Facebook launches personal fundraising feature in Canada
Facebook has announced that fundraising for personal causes is now available to Canadian users. The feature has previously…
F|T: The FinTech Times – What’s in your digital wallet?
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Deloitte releases list of Canada’s fastest-growing tech companies for 2017
Deloitte released its list of Canada’s 50 fastest growing companies today. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year,…