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Hopper to power travel portal for Brazilian digital banking giant Nubank

Hopper brought travel booking to Uber UK and is now targeting Nubank’s 80 million customers. Montréal-based travel booking startup Hopper is partnering with Nubank,…

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Poka to be acquired by Swedish enterprise software giant IFS in reported $200-million deal

Poka is used by workers at Nestlé, Tetra Pak, and Mars, among others. Québec City-based Poka, which offers communication and skills development tools…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Pharma giant Bayer moves deeper into digital health

The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using the form at the…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Telehealth giant Amwell posts nearly $400M loss in Q1
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Telehealth giant Amwell posts nearly $400M loss in Q1

Plus: Peloton shares plunge after company reports wider-than-expected loss. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the…

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Stradigi.ai vows to continue despite laying off more than two-thirds of its staff
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A|I: The AI Times – A giant wave of machine-learning acquisitions

Plus: Stradigi.ai says it’s still alive. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news…

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Payment network giant Affirm extends its partnership with Shopify

Multi-year agreement extension cements Affirm as exclusive Shopify provider. San Francisco-based Affirm has elected to continue its exclusive partnership with Canadian e-commerce giant, Shopify….

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