Toronto machine learning startup Dessa acquired by Square
Dessa, a Toronto-based startup that builds machine learning applications, has been acquired by Square. While terms of the deal…
FinTech
F|T: The FinTech Times – Teller clashes with Plaid
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Lightspeed partners with Stripe, launches payment product across North America
Lightspeed POS is partnering with global payments platform Stripe as part of the extended launch of its own payments product.…
Lendesk CFO relaunches own startup, raises funding from Quicken Loans parent company
Digital mortgage startup Edison Financial has raised an undisclosed seed round from Rock Holdings, the parent company of United…
Consumer peer-to-peer lending platform goPeer receives approval from securities regulators
Toronto-based goPeer, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for consumer loans, has received regulatory approval, allowing…
Today in funding: Contxtful, Lexop
Two Canadian startups have recently raised fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how…
F|T: The FinTech Times – It’s all so Wealthsimple
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
FrontFundr approved to bring crowdfunding platform to Ontario
FrontFundr, an equity crowdfunding platform, has received discretionary approval from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)…
ATB Financial to host open finance hackathon in February
Alberta-based ATB Financial is hosting an open finance hackathon on February 7 and 9 at Mount Royal University in Calgary.…
Innovate Financial Health announces startups in first-ever cohort of impact accelerator
Innovate Financial Health, a national non-profit that supports technology to improve Canadians’ financial health, has announced…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Visa looks good in Plaid
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Wealthsimple for Advisors to be acquired by Purpose Advisor Solutions
Wealthsimple for Advisors has is set to be acquired by Toronto-based Purpose Advisor Solutions. The acquisition has yet to…
Mastercard commits $510 million for new global cybersecurity centre in Vancouver
In an announcement at the fiftieth annual World Economic Forum currently being held in Davos, Switzerland, Minister Navdeep…
Wealthsimple moves into spending space with hybrid spending and saving account
Wealthsimple has entered into the spending space with the launch of Wealthsimple Cash, its first hybrid spending and savings…
Equity analysis startup Canalyst raises $20 million Series B
Canalyst, a Vancouver-based startup offering equity research for capital markets, has closed a $20 million Series B. This brings…