420 jobs coming to KW region thanks to Shopify and TD
In a move that confirms what everyone in the startup community already knows — that Kitchener-Waterloo is one of the hottest…
FinTech
Chicago-based Avant expands to the Canadian FinTech market
Avant, a marketplace lending platform, announced that Canada will be its newest international market, as the company already…
TD and Flybits announce exclusive partnership
TD Bank and Flybits, a context-as-a-service platform that helps enterprises make mobile apps context-aware, are partnering…
MasterCard invites applications for Start Path Global partnership program
MasterCard is inviting startups to apply for its newly-launched Start Path Global, a six-month partnership program that helps…
MaRS partners with CUBO in São Paulo to form FinTech pipeline
The latest in a flurry of announcements, MaRS Discovery District today made public its partnership with CUBO, a FinTech innovation…
RBC wins U.S. patent on Secure Cloud technology
RBC has announced that it has been awarded a patent on its Secure Cloud payment and security technology by the United States…
Mogo secures credit facility of up to $200 million from Fortress
Vancouver-based Mogo Finance Technology announced today that it has finalized an agreement with Fortress Credit Co LLC. Fortress…
Manulife adds biometric tech in attempt to modernize customer service
Manulife unveiled a new customer service initiative today that surprisingly puts it at the cutting edge of biometric technology…
Coinbase integrates with Vogogo, expands bitcoin exchange into Canada
Calgary’s Vogogo — a B2B risk management company and payment service business that enables secure online transactions between…
OMERS snapshot shows how much Canadian FinTech sector has grown in six months
As part of the MaRS FinTech cluster launch in February, Toronto-based VC firm Information Venture Partners released an infographic…
#GROWconf 2015: Magic Tech, Winterizing VCs, and Maudlin CEOs
“Living in a connected world.” That was the overriding theme from GROW 2015 in Whistler last week. It resonated…
#GROWconf 2015: How banks are fighting disruption by startups with startups
If there’s one thing you can bank on, it’s that institutions with hundreds of billions of dollars in their war chest won’t…
PayPal partners with Vancouver’s Control to develop a merchant analytics mobile app
Big news for Vancouver-based online payments analytics platform, Control. The HIGHLINE portfolio startup announced today that…
PlentyofFish CEO Markus Frind leads Grouplend’s $10.2 million funding round
Vancouver-based Grouplend announced this week that it has closed a new $10.2 million funding round, led by PlentyofFish CEO,…
MaRS adds Interac to its FinTech cluster
Six months after the launch of its FinTech cluster, MaRS announced today that it has added one of Canada’s most venerable…