Dream Payments receives $1.5 million investment, plans to open Connecticut office
Toronto-based Dream Payments has secured a $1.5 million investment from the state of Connecticut through Connecticut Innovations,…
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Hack to Start Ep. 125: Orrett Davis, head of growth at Abe
Orrett Davis is the Head of Growth at Abe, a company that builds conversational banking solutions for progressive community…
MaRS partners with Tokyo-based NTT DATA to help its startups expand to Asia
MaRS has announced a partnership with a Tokyo-based IT services provider in an effort to help its startups looking for opportunities…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Equibit plays damage control
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Blockchain technology is king at the OSC’s first FinTech hackathon
In the first hackathon in Canada by a securities regulator, 29 groups took the stage this weekend after a grueling day-and-a-half-long…
TD Bank’s Colleen Johnston says FinTechs are creating more opportunities for banks
Last week, The Disruptors hosted a special edition of the show at the Canadian Innovation Exchange, which celebrates emerging…
Crowdmatrix explains how it’s democratizing investing on #TheDisruptors
Finding investors and raising sufficient funding to launch or scale an innovative product or service is a tough and time-consuming…
Equibit plays damage control with John McAfee as seed round looms
Yesterday, BetaKit and its sister site MobileSyrup jointly published a story about Equibit’s claims of John McAfee joining…
Finn.ai wants to help banks enter the chatbot era
Chatbots are the latest smartphone craze, and one Vancouver-based company is helping financial institutions take advantage.…
CIX FinTech event tackles the evolving startup-bank dynamic
While last year the Canadian Innovation Exchange focused on celebrating the Canadian startup landscape more generally, this…
Equibit: John McAfee joining Toronto-based blockchain security startup (McAfee: definitely not)
UPDATE: BetaKit has spoken with McAfee, who says Equibit is misrepresenting his role. See the end of the article. BetaKit has…
Today in funding: Information Venture Partners, TandemLaunch
Two Canadian funds have closed rounds that will be dedicating to injecting Canadian in strong Canadian companies in the future.…
Wealthsimple, OMERS, DMZ among Canadian FinTech Awards winners
Last night, the Digital Finance Institute brought together some of Canada’s top FinTech companies and investors for the…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Pulse of FinTech
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Five Canadian companies among 500 Startups’ Batch 19
500 Startups has announced the 44 companies accepted into Batch 19 of its program — and five Canadian companies are among…