Open banking is a financial services trend that enables third-party providers (TPPs) to access and use financial data from customers with their consent. This is achieved by utilizing application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow secure data exchange between financial institutions and TPPs. [Read more…] about Q+A with Financeit’s Michael Garrity on the Future of Open Banking in Canada
Interviews
The Rise of FinFluencers and Why Banks Need to Jump Onto This Bandwagon
In 2002 Nicky Senyard founded Income Access, an affiliate marketing company with over 22,000 affiliates in the regulated gaming industry, and sold the business fourteen years later to Paysafe for USD $30 million. [Read more…] about The Rise of FinFluencers and Why Banks Need to Jump Onto This Bandwagon
Q+A with Chris Ford, President of Intelliware, on How Fintechs Can Navigate An Open Banking Utility
Open banking – a system that empowers consumers to share their financial data with third-party service providers via their financial institutions – is quickly coming to Canada. [Read more…] about Q+A with Chris Ford, President of Intelliware, on How Fintechs Can Navigate An Open Banking Utility
Q+A with Fraud Prevention and Strategy Director at Interac, Rachel Jolicoeur on Tips to Steer Clear of Fraud
Rachel Jolicoeur has more than 20 years of experience in the payments industry, specializing in fraud management and money movement services. [Read more…] about Q+A with Fraud Prevention and Strategy Director at Interac, Rachel Jolicoeur on Tips to Steer Clear of Fraud
How Canadians Can Celebrate And Support Women Business Owners Today, And Every Day
Women entrepreneurs are bold and resilient, with a growing presence in the Canadian small business community. In fact, our recent survey shows that 37 per cent of self-employed entrepreneurs and 16 per cent of small medium enterprises are women-owned in Canada. [Read more…] about How Canadians Can Celebrate And Support Women Business Owners Today, And Every Day
Q+A with CapIntel’s CEO James Rockwood on Holistic Wealth Management
James Rockwood is the Founder and CEO of CapIntel, a wealth-tech start-up that’s pushing the industry towards holistic wealth management while supporting financial advisors in their day-to-day workflow to deliver top-tier client service. [Read more…] about Q+A with CapIntel’s CEO James Rockwood on Holistic Wealth Management
Q+A with Dealpath’s CEO Mike Sroka on Expanding Their Real Estate Platform in Canada
Last year big-name real estate investors lined up for a stake in Dealpath, a deal-flow management and analytics software startup. The already Blackstone-backed proptech raised USD $43 million in a Series C funding round led by Morgan Stanley. [Read more…] about Q+A with Dealpath’s CEO Mike Sroka on Expanding Their Real Estate Platform in Canada
Improving Process and Payments in Real Estate Transactions… and Beyond
Real estate is the single-largest purchase most Canadians will ever make.
But as money and data – and the secure transfer of both – becomes ever more digital, there is still much that is managed manually in the average real estate transaction. [Read more…] about Improving Process and Payments in Real Estate Transactions… and Beyond
Q+A with Tetra’s Steve Oliver on How Regulations Spur Innovative Compliance Solutions for Digital Assets
Stephen Oliver is the Chief Compliance Officer for Tetra Trust Company, a Calgary-based regulated digital assets custodian serving the Canadian market. Steve is also an instructor at the University of Calgary, where he lectures on corporate governance. [Read more…] about Q+A with Tetra’s Steve Oliver on How Regulations Spur Innovative Compliance Solutions for Digital Assets
Q+A with Hardbacon CEO Julien Brault On Innovation In Personal Finances
The Covid-19 pandemic changed a lot of things about the way we live including how consumers treat their personal finances. To help Canadians face the economic downturn back in 2020, Hardbacon was transformed into a free app, and quickly evolved to include planning and budgeting features, as well as financial product comparison tools. [Read more…] about Q+A with Hardbacon CEO Julien Brault On Innovation In Personal Finances