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…
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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…
Mogo CEO David Feller on Big Data and Busted Banks
Mogo is in the money. The Vancouver startup recently raised $50 million via IPO for its innovative online credit lending platform,…
Canada will look to overhaul its payments infrastructure in 2016
Finextra is reporting that Canadian FinTech companies may soon have the benefit of building their services on top of a new…
Vancouver’s PHEMI closes $12.2 million round to tackle public sector and finance
PHEMI, a Vancouver-based big data warehouse that allows organizations to access and mine any variety of data to drive insights,…
Nymi completes first biometrically authenticated wearable payment in new pilot
Toronto-based wearable startup Nymi announced this morning that it has completed something that, just a few years ago, would…
#FinTech startups: win a chance to meet with RBC’s Gabriel Woo at #GROWconf next week
Last week, BetaKit announced that we’re sending one lucky person to GROW Conference in Whistler, BC next week for one-on-one…
Toronto-based Digital Retail Apps snags $1 million in funding
Digital Retail Apps, a Toronto-based startup focused on mobile shopping and payments, announced that it has raised $1 million…