American Express Canada joins MaRS FinTech cluster as sponsor
American Express Canada announced that it has joined the MaRS FinTech cluster as a sponsor, with the goal of working with FinTech…
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#ProductHuntTO tackles startup survival in highly regulated #FinTech industry
“Canada is a leader in this marketplace and most of you have no clue about the awesome companies that exist in Canada.”…
INSTANT Financial raises $1.2 million seed round
Vancouver-based INSTANT Financial, which allows employees to gain instant access to payments instantly after a shift, raised…
Visa launches payments developer platform
For the first time, Visa is opening up its payments technology to developers. Visa has officially launched Visa Developer,…
Blockstream raises $55 million Series A
Blockstream, which develops sidechain technology meant to improve blockchain, announced a huge $55 million Series A. The Montreal-based…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Frictionless Payments
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
UGO adds peer-to-peer pay to mobile digital wallet service
Digital wallets hold the promise that some day technology will remove the need for carrying around money, plastic cards, or…
Mogo becomes latest company to join the MaRS FinTech cluster
Mogo, a Vancouver-based FinTech startup targeting millennials with its full-spectrum credit options and focus on social responsibility,…
Scotiabank hosting FinTech hackathon dedicated to debt management tools
On February 5, Scotiabank is hosting Scotiabank Hack IT, its first-ever hackathon. The hackathon, which is open to 100 people,…
C100 co-chair and GGV Capital co-founder Scott Bonham joins Scotiabank board of directors
Scott Bonham, co-founder of GGV Capital, which currently has $2.2 billion under management, is joining Scotiabank’s board…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Hong Kong FinTech
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
#FinTech startups cash in at #ProductHuntTO on February 4
In the first Product Hunt Toronto event of the year, three FinTech startup demos and a panel with an industry leader is putting…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Enterprise FinTech
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
EQ Bank’s new mobile app is an incumbent’s crack at modern banking
The story of Canadian banking is often likened to that the mobile industry: reliable, robust, but expensive, with a lack of…
RateHub’s Digital Money Trends report shows power of search for FinTech startups
RateHub, a search engine for Canadian mortgage rates that boasts 300,000 monthly users, released its first Digital Money Trends…