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F|T: The FinTech Times – Synctera and Monarch Money seek to fill Canadian finance gaps
Plus: Block rival SumUp defies FinTech funding slump with $307 million cash injection. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…
Shopify merchants set $9.3-billion sales record over Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Over 61 million consumers globally made purchases from Shopify sellers. Defying industry forecasts of a slowdown in retail purchases, Shopify merchants hit a new…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple partners with Interac, Luge Capital is ready to cut cheques
Plus: Neo Financial, Float headline LinkedIn top startups list. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…
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…
F|T: The FinTech Times – LayerZero in FTX fight, Binance US CEO departs alongside staff cuts
Plus: Revolut has yet to make a US banking license application. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Circle is losing to Tether, Square merchants lose connectivity
Plus: Meet the Y Combinator Summer 2023 cohort startups with Canadian connections. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Backers buy back Clearco’s debt amid SVB Canada windup
Plus: Hutsy takes home two wins at Startupfest. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…
Soar reveals its Indigenous entrepreneur-focused accelerator’s first cohort
The program is delivered in partnership with Square, BDC, and Futurpreneur. Soar, an Ottawa-based initiative for Indigenous entrepreneurship, has revealed the five startups taking…
Shopify extends point-of-sale hardware to Canadian retailers after initial US launch
Shopify continues physical retail push as online sales fall from pandemic heights. Shopify is making its point-of-sale (POS) hardware solution available to Canada as…
Yoshua Bengio, Element AI co-founders back AI startup Glowstick in $1.3 million round
Current and former Square and Shopify employees also invested in Glowstick. Toronto-based startup Glowstick has raised a $1.3 million CAD pre-seed funding round to…