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...

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Last year, in an article that talked about the impact big data has on finance, we said that location data sets can make investing easier. Companies spent nearly $11 billion on financial analytics in 2020. A large portion of this market is driven by investment companies and mutual funds. This is because accurate data about […]

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  Two former University of Southampton students are behind the development of an app to encourage sustainable investing. Daniel Gold and Nikki Hawkes have set up  Stratiphy , which has raised more than £440,000 in crowdfunding from 700 investors in 53 countries. Nikki, who has an economics and actuarial science degree, said: “We want to […]

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More companies are investing in big data than ever these days. Unfortunately, many companies still don’t appreciate the benefits that it provides. One survey published on CIO found that less than a third of companies have reported that big data has buy-in from top executives. If you are running a business that has not yet […]

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