This week on Finovate Global we’re taking a look at some recent fintech developments in Canada. On the fundraising front, embedded wealth management platform OneVest announced a $3.9 million (CAD $5 million) seed funding round this week. The investment was led by Luge Capital and takes the Canadian fintech’s total funding to $5.5 million (CAD Read more...
Remember when Andreessen Horowitz’s Angela Strange said that every company will be a fintech company? Though there has been much debate over the now-infamous catchphrase, there is news this week from automaker Ford Motor Company that further proves its truth. Ford announced it has signed a five-year partnership agreement with ecommerce technology company Stripe. Ford Read more...
Ecommerce giant Amazon and credit card issuer Visa are continuing to try to solve their dispute over payment fees. This means that payments with millions of credit cards will still be accepted. The announcement came two days before previously announced ban on Visa credit cards. Ban announced in November In…
Are we all becoming addicted to debt? While I have written many time about the lack of expertise in corporate, sovereign and personal debt I don’t think I have ever addressed the major problems that ultra low interest rates have inflicted upon all of us. Eminent economist Dr. Gerard Lyons one of the UK’s […]
Monument’s regulatory restrictions on deposit-taking has been lifted by the FCA and PRA.
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