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Uplinq raises $4.4 million CAD to help small business lenders make accurate decisions
Uplinq’s credit assessment platform provides ‘billions’ of data signals beyond traditional credit indicators.
Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx
Paquette will lead some 500 staff members between the two groups.
Cybrid secures $3.8 million CAD seed round to help challenger banks launch crypto
Cybrid calls itself “the crypto banking-as-a-service provider.”
With new investment product, is Neo Financial’s biggest competition now Wealthsimple and Questrade, or the big banks?
The Prairie FinTech has teamed up with fellow Calgary startup OneVest for Neo Invest.
Xero appoints Chris O’Neill as company’s first chief growth officer
Chris O’Neill has held leadership roles at Portage, Evernote, Google.
Amid NFT boom, Liquid MarketPlace aims to turn physical sports and Pokémon cards into tokens
Logan Paul-led startup using blockchain to facilitate fractional ownership of physical assets.
Fintech Cadence receives $400,000 government grant to help Québec FinTechs scale
The FinTech incubator says the money will enable it to assist 125 entrepreneurs, startups.
Payments Canada announces global firm Tata Consultancy Services will lead the integration of the Real-Time Rail system
Real-Time Rail system is meant to modernize Canada’s payments infrastructure when completed.
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Plus: Alberta proposes regulatory sandbox to attract FinTechs, crypto companies to the province.
Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida says creators can’t afford “not to take advantage” of Web3, NFTs
But as Axie Infinity reveals a massive hack, can the same be said for game developers?
Alberta proposes regulatory sandbox to attract FinTechs, crypto companies to the province
Company applications for the sandbox could start as soon as July 1.
LayerZero Labs reaches $1 billion valuation in round backed by Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz
Tom Brady, Justin Timberlake, crypto leaders like Dapper Labs invested in the $135 million round.
Canadian startups in Y Combinator tie all-time high at Winter 2022 Demo Day
For the second time, 16 Canadian startups participated in a YC cohort.
Clearco commits to Dublin with $164.4 million CAD earmarked for Irish startups
Clearco’s Dublin hub will back the company’s broader European expansion.