PayPal Canada moving into MaRS Discovery District
Toronto’s innovation hub, the MaRS Discovery District, just found a new FinTech resident. PayPal Canada announced this morning…
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Finn.ai (formerly Payso) partners with ATB Financial to build banking chatbot
Vancouver-based FinTech startup Finn.ai announced this week that it is partnering with Alberta-based ATB Financial on the…
TouchBistro talks building in Canada and scaling globally on #TheDisruptors
When a large group of people go out for dinner after work, it can be a tedious and time-consuming process for waiters to manually…
F|T: The FinTech Times – The Global FinTech Ecosystem
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Building a collaborative global FinTech ecosystem
“Software is eating the world,” explained Marc Andreessen, Netscape co-founder and partner at venture capitalist firm Andreessen…
Quandl raises $12 million Series B to expand its financial data platform
Quandl, which provides alternative datasets alongside financial and economic data for investment professionals, announced a…
Financeit and Concentra acquire TD Bank’s indirect home improvement financing assets
Toronto-based POS financing platform Financeit and Concentra, which provides wholesale finance and trust solutions for Canadian…
Former Thinking Capital CTO Pat Forgione joins Lendful
Vancouver-based Lendful, which allows borrowers to fill out a loan application within two minutes and receive their money within…
TD launches digital concierge offering real-time suggestions for local services
TD has announced plans to begin rolling out its new mobile service, TD for Me. The platform allows customers to stay “in…
Information Venture Partners raises $96M fund for early stage FinTech and enterprise software companies
Information Venture Partners announced the close of $96 million for its second investment fund, Fund II, which is dedicated…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Banks you can(‘t) trust
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Report: Government support needed to build FinTech ecosystem in Canada
To underscore its vision of positioning Canada as a global hub in FinTech, The Digital Finance Institute and McCarthy Tetrault…
PayPal Canada names former American Express Canada exec as its general manager
PayPal has announced that it has brought on Paul Parisi, a veteran within the payment space, as general manager of the company’s…
Mastercard Canada’s Brian Lang says corporate-startup partnerships “key to unlocking innovation”
A few weeks ago, Mastercard announced the winners of The Next 36 Mastercard Challenge, which invited five Next 36 startups…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Making friends with FinTech
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…