Ryerson Futures partners with Barclays to launch FinTech accelerator in Mumbai
Zone Startups, the startup acceleration program run by Ryerson Futures, announced the launch of a Mumbai-based accelerator,…
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Shopify to allow its online merchants to offer Apple Pay as payment option
Today at Apple’s WWDC in San Francisco, the tech giant announced that Apple Pay is coming to the web. Shopify, the Ottawa-based…
With a $25M USD Series A round, LEAGUE’s Mike Serbinis won’t be stopped
Mike Serbinis is pissed off that LEAGUE’s fundraising took nine weeks instead of eight. There are a few reasons for that.…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Not another Lending Club
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Digital Dreams leveraging FinTech to enhance its festival experience
For the past five years, Digital Dreams Toronto — which attracts thousands of people for a music festival by the water —…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Major raises
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
As BitGold surpasses one million users, parent company realigns its operations
Goldmoney, the parent company of gold-based payments and savings platform BitGold, is consolidating its operations by merging…
ChangeJar wants loose change to be a thing of the past with its app
There’s nothing more time-consuming and frustrating than standing at the register, fumbling around for correct change while…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Social footprints
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Report: North American VC-backed FinTech companies raise $1.8 billion in Q1 2016
A new report examining the state of FinTech across the globe suggests that while FinTech investment is in a fairly healthy…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Stifling innovation
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
ReUp wants to white label the next generation of merchant solutions
As we move beyond the eBay and Amazon era, companies like Shopify are seeing success based on one principle: independent businesses…
Government of Canada launches FinTech study examining regulation that stifles innovation
The Government of Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched a study that takes a look at tech innovation in the nation’s…
How Apple Pay will affect Canada’s FinTech ecosystem
Mobile payment use in Canada took a massive step forward this past week when Apple announced Apple Pay support for Interac,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Apple Pay is here (for real)
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…