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Across Canada, housing has become as big a water-cooler topic as the weather.
As with the weather, discussing the topic of housing tends to draw more complaints than praise. [Read more…] about As Startups Disrupt Real Estate, Can Tech Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis?
Vancouver-based real estate investing platform Parvis announced this week a partnership with embedded financial technology solutions provider VoPay. [Read more…] about BC Fintechs Strike Partnership to Streamline Real Estate Investment in Canada
There’s a huge societal cost of underserving those that need it the most. And while the future of financial inclusion is nearer than we think–it is up to us to get us there. [Read more…] about Financial Inclusion Is Our Next Economy
“Hold on, I think I’ve got another penny in one of these pockets…”
It was only a couple of decades ago where paying with paper (not even polymer!) and metal coinage was the go-to. A common alternative, hardly touched today outside of legacy business, was the classic cheque. Cash registers for point-of-sale transactions were hefty, clunky blocks. Only fancy business folk had credit cards and even then used them sparingly. [Read more…] about Seven Fintechs Innovating the Payments Space in Canada
Same-day loan funding is the new industry standard.
According to the Canadian Lenders Association, 82.1% of lenders use EFT bank account payments to disburse borrowers’ funds, however, the traditional process involves slow, manual file processing and limited payment visibility. [Read more…] about VoPay To Make Real-Time Payments More Accessible For Canadian Lenders
