Fintech

SecureKey Technologies Inc. wants to help financial services firms harness the blockchain to verify their users. On Wednesday, the Toronto-based authentication firm announced that fintech...

Sage Payment Solutions rebrands as Paya

Mandy Kovacs - January 31, 2018

What’s in a name, anyway? Sage Payment Solutions Inc. provides integrated payment processing and business solutions in North America, and as of Jan. 30, will...

TransferWise announces partnership with Montreal fintech Flinks

Alex Coop - January 17, 2018

Six months after launching its Borderless account, international money transfer company TransferWise has found another way to improve its platform for Canadians by collaborating...

$12 million investment will help Ratehub expand its insurance services, digitize mortgage process

Alex Coop - January 17, 2018

For the past seven years, Ratehub Inc. has laid the foundation for its company without external help, but with a new $12 million financing...

Why Moneris CMO Jeff Guthrie believes AI won’t replace human salespeople

Eric Emin Wood - January 16, 2018

Jeff Guthrie knows technology is changing how sales are conducted - he just doesn't believe it can replace human salespeople entirely, or even more...

TD Bank acquires enterprise AI firm Layer 6

Alex Coop - January 9, 2018

TD Bank Group’s digital transformation strategy has led to the acquisition of Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Layer 6. In a Tuesday statement Michael Rhodes,...

CIBC targets tech-savvy businesses with new Innovation Banking arm

Eric Emin Wood - January 8, 2018

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is targeting the technology industry - and its tech-savviest clients - with its latest division. On Monday the 150-year-old...

Older Canadians still leery of fintech despite flood of services, RateHub finds

Eric Emin Wood - January 2, 2018

Between last year's official release of Android Pay, the increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered support platforms such as Sun Life's Ella, and the...

Hashtag Trending: Everyone using cryptocurrency, a cashless world, and payment data is king

Meagan Simpson - January 1, 2018

Cryptocurrency becomes easier, no more cash, and payment data improves businesses Listen to the latest Hashtag Trending HERE! My first prediction in this new year, is...

Sun Life startup demo day showcases FinTech 2.0 – Insurtech

Brian Jackson - November 13, 2017

Many insurance policyholders are probably accustomed to only engaging with their providers when they go to the dentist or somebody dies - in other...

Square launches new contactless payment and chip reader in Canada

Mandy Kovacs - October 4, 2017

Canadian businesses will now have a faster, cheaper, and simpler way of implementing contactless payment systems. Square, Inc., a San Francisco, Calif.-based financial services, merchant...

Half of Canadians won’t be using cash by 2020, so how do we prepare for a digital future?

Mandy Kovacs - October 3, 2017

Paying for goods and services has increasingly moved from cash and coins to digital and mobile methods, and while this shift will only continue,...

TransferWise launches new Borderless account for managing international currencies

Mandy Kovacs - August 16, 2017

Transferring money and exchanging currencies just got a whole lot easier for businesses, freelancers, and travelers. UK-based online payment company TransferWise has launched its Borderless...

Canadian fintechs join the global fight against pesky, costly patent trolls

Christine Wong - July 12, 2017

Two Canadian fintech companies have teamed up with some of America’s biggest tech giants to fend off patent trolls. Although they represent two extremes of...

Online retailers can now reach millions of Chinese consumers through Stripe

Eric Emin Wood - July 11, 2017

Canadian retailers who use the Stripe platform to conduct their business online now have a greatly expanded customer base. The San Francisco-based business software developer...

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