One of Canada’s leading business solutions provider this week announced a new launch toaddress the escalating challenge of Authorized Push Payment fraud, which is where unsuspecting individuals are deceived into electronically transferring funds to fraudulent accounts. [Read more…] about Symcor Launches AI-Powered Solution to Mitigate Payment Fraud in Canada
Latest Launch from Toronto’s goConfirm Uses A.I. to Help Fight Fraud Online
A trailblazer in portable digital identity solutions has launched its latest innovation. [Read more…] about Latest Launch from Toronto’s goConfirm Uses A.I. to Help Fight Fraud Online
What’s Your Final Offer? Fintech Launches New Way to Buy and Sell in Toronto
An online platform for real estate brokerages and agents (and their home sellers and buyers) has launched in Canada. [Read more…] about What’s Your Final Offer? Fintech Launches New Way to Buy and Sell in Toronto
Desjardins Taps CapIntel to ‘Elevate Capabilities of Advisors’ with Fintech
Toronto’s CapIntel has entered into a strategic partnership with Desjardins Financial Security Investments.
Desjardins, originally established in 1900 in Lévis, Quebec, will leverage technology from CapIntel through the partnership in order to improve wealth management services for clients. [Read more…] about Desjardins Taps CapIntel to ‘Elevate Capabilities of Advisors’ with Fintech
Canadian Proptechs Adopt VeriFast Platform to Reduce Fraud in Real Estate
According to data from Forrester, an astounding 97% of property managers have experienced fraud.
Fraud is more than just an inconvenience: More than three million evictions in 2022 cost U.S. real estate owners over $3 billion through lost rent, damage repairs, and enforcement costs. [Read more…] about Canadian Proptechs Adopt VeriFast Platform to Reduce Fraud in Real Estate
Toronto’s d1g1t Selected by Chicago Firm to Power Fintech for Ultra Wealthy
Gresham Partners this month selected Toronto’s d1g1t to help power its financial management services for the ultra wealthy. [Read more…] about Toronto’s d1g1t Selected by Chicago Firm to Power Fintech for Ultra Wealthy
‘Tax on Innovation’: Why the Biggest Fintech in Canada is Mad at Government
Since the storied Shopify started up back in 2006, growth has been the name of the game.
Although there have been hiccups—even Shopify was not immune to Pandemic-era turbulence—the Ottawa-born company is nothing short of a phenomenally successful tech story: In less than two decades, Shopify rose to become not just Canada’s biggest fintech, but among the largest companies in the nation across all sectors. [Read more…] about ‘Tax on Innovation’: Why the Biggest Fintech in Canada is Mad at Government
Growing ‘Social Brokerage’ Blossom Turns to Crowdfunding for Capital
A Vancouver-based startup is crowdfunding capital from the community.
Blossom, a B.C. financial technology firm, is using FrontFundr to raise capital from Canadians—and is seeing strong early success. [Read more…] about Growing ‘Social Brokerage’ Blossom Turns to Crowdfunding for Capital
How Canadian Startups are Poised to ‘Shake Things Up’ in Traditional Finance
Canada’s finance sector is a “textbook case of an industry primed for disruption by fintech,” according to a new report from McKinsey & Company. [Read more…] about How Canadian Startups are Poised to ‘Shake Things Up’ in Traditional Finance
What Canada’s Favourite Fintechs Are Up To in 2024
The financial technology space is among the more competitive and rapidly evolving sectors.
In a world of digital transformation, the flow of capital is naturally an area where tremendous effort toward innovation would be placed. [Read more…] about What Canada’s Favourite Fintechs Are Up To in 2024