Toronto’s mass transit system won’t accept Apple Pay until 2017
The TTC says riders will eventually be able to pay for their fares with the subtle wave of an iPhone, but not until 2017. Apple…
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Apple Pay is now available in Canada
Apple Pay is now available in Canada. That’s a line I’ve wanted to write for over a year, and now it’s real.…
Apple Pay will launch in Canada on November 17
Apple Pay, Apple’s iPhone-based mobile payments solution, will launch in Canada on Tuesday, November 17, according to…
Dream Payments’ #FinTech solution is disrupting #TheDisruptors
While big banks and retailers struggle to keep up with innovation coming from FinTech startups, Toronto-based Dream Payments…
BTL Group goes public to fuel its blockchain technology
Apparently, the real money in bitcoin is in the technology behind bitcoin. Vancouver-based BTL Group Ltd. going public with…
MaRS and Cyberport partner to bridge markets in Asia and Canada for #FinTech startups
MaRS Discovery District and Cyberport, a Hong Kong-based innovation hub, announced a new partnership that will focus on fostering…
TSX and Voleo collaborate for equity trading competition
Vancouver-based Voleo, a mobile FinTech company, has gotten a few steps closer to fulfilling its mission of creating a transparent…
Wealthsimple rebrands as the FinTech company sheds its startup skin
Rebrands are not often the purview of small startups, left usually to larger institutions trying to shed the impression of…
MaRS FinTech panel to discuss future of lending on November 23
FinTech is one of the most exciting sectors to watch in the Canadian startup ecosystem. But as Borrowell CEO Andrew Graham…
CIBC launches online currency exchange service with home delivery
CIBC has introduced a platform that could be convenient for travelling Canadians; Like an Uber for foreign currency, CIBC customers…
Lendified joins MaRS FinTech cluster
Toronto-based alternative lender Lendified announced today that it has joined the MaRS FinTech cluster. Launched in only August…
Apple Pay coming to Canada this year, but not for everybody
Apple Pay is coming to Canada by the end of this year, but it will be limited to American Express customers — at least…
BCTIA and PayPal Canada partner to launch Vancouver FinTech cluster
PayPal Canada is collaborating with BCTIA to launch a new FinTech cluster, which the partners hope will establish Vancouver’s…
Nymi a partner in MasterCard’s new Commerce for Every Device program
This week, MasterCard introduced a new program that will turn customer products — ranging from industries like automotive,…
Michael Garrity talks Goldman Sachs and Financeit’s new equity financing round
Financeit, a Toronto-based FinTech company offering a cloud-based point-of-sale platform, announced the closing of an equity…