Private open banking update: TD signs with Plaid, Xero signs with Flinks
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Private open banking update: TD signs with Plaid, Xero signs with Flinks

Flinks, Xero aim to help businesses tap into bank feeds as TD, Plaid aim to ease app access. Montréal-based, National Bank-owned FinTech firm Flinks…

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Flinks and Shakepay reveal new payment services for businesses and consumers

Montréal FinTech firms target payments with latest offerings. Two Montréal-based FinTech companies, National Bank-owned Flinks and cryptocurrency startup Shakepay, are expanding their offerings with…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech platforms are leaning more on buy now, pay later
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F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech platforms are leaning more on buy now, pay later

Plus: Desmarais family quietly reshapes a financial empire. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed bring positive earnings to pessimistic markets

Plus: Uber is finally making money after years of losses. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Y Combinator decides which health care startups are worth a shot

Plus: Silofit closes its doors, VoxNeuro raises $4.5M to scale brain performance. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada…

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Tenstorrent and Samsung
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A|I: The AI Times – Canadian AI chip manufacturer closes $100M from global backers

Plus: Luge Capital’s David Nault on making investment decisions through the AI hype cycle. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office

Plus: Uber finally makes a profit. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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Neo Financial launches secured credit card to help Canadians build credit
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Neo Financial goes all-in on partner credit cards, US regulators worry of Binance bank run

Plus: National Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian commercial loan portfolio. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news…

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Canadian startup struggles continue as Silofit closes up shop, Top Hat and Fable cut staff
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Canadian startup struggles continue with more layoffs, shutdowns

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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National Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian commercial loan portfolio
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National Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian commercial loan portfolio

The $1-billion CAD portfolio includes $325 million CAD in outstanding loan commitments. The National Bank announced Aug. 1 an agreement to acquire the commercial…

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