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F|T: The FinTech Times – Is open banking in Canada dead?

Plus: How a Fintech reckoning Is rippling through a small bank in Washington. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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Bigg Digital Assets, owner of Netcoins, appoints Dan Reitzik as new interim CEO

Reitzik most recently served as CEO of TerraZero, a subsidiary of Bigg. Vancouver-based Bigg Digital Assets, which owns and operates Web3 and blockchain companies,…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Jack Dorsey is back at the head of Square
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Jack Dorsey is back at the head of Square

Plus: Moneris goes down, Netcoins get breached (again). Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…

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Raquel Urtasun reunites with Uber in autonomous trucking partnership

Plus: 1Password hits $250M ARR on the back of B2B growth. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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Netcoins loses $343,000 in second security breach within 17 months

“Bad actor” makes off with cryptocurrency platform’s operational float. For the second time, the online cryptocurrency brokerage Bigg Digital Assets is reporting a security…

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Koho lays off 14 percent of staff
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Layoffs continue to hit Canadian FinTech

Plus: PayPal’s CEO to retire at the end of 2023. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from…

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As unregulated crypto players collapse around the world, Netcoins expands into the US
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As unregulated crypto players collapse around the world, Netcoins expands into the US

Canadian firm aims to offer “compliant” alternative to unregistered US exchanges. Vancouver-based cryptocurrency trading platform Netcoins has identified an opportunity to apply its regulated…

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FTX’s fall could have implications for more Canadian orgs than just Ontario Teachers’
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FTX’s fall could have implications for more Canadian orgs than just Ontario Teachers’

Crypto exchange FTX files for bankruptcy in US, CEO Sam Bankman-Fried steps down. FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the United States, and the…

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Wealthsimple among international group of companies joining anti-money laundering crypto standard

Coinbase, Gemini among crypto companies leading the TRUST charge. A group of Canadian cryptocurrency companies have joined a universal standard developed by American crypto…

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Netcoins user walks away with an estimated $1.58 million after software vulnerability

Netcoins’ parent company is attempting to track down the missing cryptocurrency. Bigg Digital Assets Inc. is reporting that its subsidiary, Netcoins, experienced a security…

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