Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou
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F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech startups dominate Fast 50, former NYSE president in talks to reboot FTX

Plus: Tax Court disqualifies government loan spending from SR&ED. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…

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Slack CEO Lidiane Jones to depart after a year in the role
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Slack CEO Lidiane Jones to depart after a year in the role

Jones will become CEO of Bumble as Salesforce-owned Slack looks for its third CEO in as many years. Lidiane Jones, CEO of Salesforce-owned, Vancouver-founded…

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Lightspeed leverages acquisitions to launch new flagship omnichannel retail platform
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Lightspeed’s stock rises as firm exceeds outlook for fiscal Q2, achieves positive EBITDA

Company takes a step towards profitability, boosts revenue guidance. Montréal-based Lightspeed Commerce beat its prior revenue forecast and made progress towards profitability during the…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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Shopify shares jump after company’s Q3 revenue, profit beat analyst expectations

Cost reductions, Amazon fulfillment partnership fuel strong Q3 for Shopify. Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify posted higher-than-expected revenue and profit during the third quarter of…

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Shopify makes checkout solution Shop Pay available to enterprise retailers not using Shopify
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Shopify makes checkout solution Shop Pay available to enterprise retailers not using Shopify

The move represents part of Shopify’s push to woo larger clients. Shopify is making its one-click online checkout solution, Shop Pay, available to enterprise…

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Lightspeed to lay off 300 employees as it targets “profitable growth”
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Lightspeed COO Brandon Nussey to depart in latest C-suite shakeup

The COO is the latest in a string of exec changes at Lightspeed. In the latest C-suite shakeup at Lightspeed Commerce, executive Brandon Nussey…

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Lightspeed one-time net loss of $814.8 million USD sends Groundhog Day signal: six more weeks of tech winter

Lightspeed makes slight revenue gain but faces recessionary pressures in the marketplace. Perhaps it wasn’t the best signal as Lightspeed Commerce’s third fiscal quarter…

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Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand to depart company, citing “personal reasons”
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Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand to depart company, citing “personal reasons”

CEO Tobi Lütke to also lead R&D as Shopify loses third C-Suite exec since October. Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand is leaving the Ottawa-based e-commerce…

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Lightspeed to lay off 300 employees as it targets “profitable growth”
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Lightspeed to lay off 300 employees as it targets “profitable growth”

Lightspeed says layoffs aim to streamline operations, “unify” acquisitions. Lightspeed Commerce has announced plans to cut approximately 300 jobs as the Montréal-based retail tech…

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Lightspeed leverages acquisitions to launch new flagship omnichannel retail platform
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Lightspeed turns NuOrder acquisition into new B2B supplier network

Lightspeed B2B “last step” in Lightspeed’s plan to turn bevy of acquisitions into new products. Montréal-based Lightspeed Commerce has turned another one of its…

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