Halifax startup Groundhog lawsuit alleges US-based ConsenSys stole code to create rival product
Halifax-based crypto startup Groundhog has filed a lawsuit against New York-based ConsenSys, alleging the Ethereum company…
FinTech
Today in funding: Dapper Labs, FleetOps, Plurilock, Fortai
Four Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Failure to rebound
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Wealthsimple receives conditional approval from regulators to test crypto platform
Toronto-based FinTech startup Wealthsimple has received conditional approval from the Canadian Securities Administrators’…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s new open banking org
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Two Canadian startups among Holt FinTech Accelerator’s 2020 cohort
Montreal-based Holt FinTech Accelerator has revealed the startups part of its 2020 cohort. The third in its history, the accelerator…
Financial Data Exchange launches in Canada looking to create industry standard for financial data sharing
Financial Data Exchange (FDX), a United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing an industry standard for…
Two years after acquisition of Hubdoc, Xero names Toronto its North American tech hub
New Zealand-domiciled small business accounting platform Xero has named its existing Toronto office as the company’s North…
Mogo officially launches carbon offsetting digital spending account, MogoSpend
Vancouver FinTech startup Mogo has launched MogoSpend, a free, new, prepaid Visa-based digital spending account that encourages…
Diagram-backed Wingocard closes $2 million to bring mobile banking to teens
Wingocard, a new Montreal-based startup focused on personal finance for teens, has closed a $2 million seed round led by Diagram…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Digital banking’s paradigm shift
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Royal Bank of Canada, Borealis AI partner with Red Hat, NVIDIA on new AI computing platform
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has developed its own cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) computing platform upon which…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Jack Ma’s giant
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Coinsquare CEO and president agree to step down, pay “penalties” in settlement with OSC
Coinsquare co-founders Cole Diamond (CEO) and Virgile Rostand (president) have agreed to step down from the crypto-trading…
FinTech startup Mylo rebrands to Moka, launches in France as part of European expansion
Montreal-based personal finance FinTech startup Mylo has rebranded to Moka and officially launched in France as part of its…