Navigating the Future of International Technology
Toronto-basedFinanceit, which offers a suite of consumer financing solutions, has acquired the consumer loans businesses ofSimply Group, its biggest competitor in the space, in its aim to become the leading home-improvement financing provider for Canadians. The transaction involves the purchase of three entities that offer financing services for home improvement under the Simply group of…
Amazon Web Services(AWS) in partnership withNVIDIA, a major supplier of artificial intelligence hardware and software, has set up a new global FinTech accelerator for seed-stage startups. The AWS Global Fintech Accelerator is dedicated to helping jump-start early-stage FinTech startups that are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to innovate financial services. The three…
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribeto R|T using the form at the bottom of this page to ensure you don’t miss out on the most important retail tech news every week! Shopify is making its one-click online checkout solution, Shop Pay, available to…
As the economy has deteriorated, non-traditional investors have pulled back from the venture capital (VC) space and the initial public offering (IPO) market has cooled. Combined, these factors have put a strain on the VC market,PitchBookanalysts told BetaKit during an interview at the Collision Conference in Toronto. There is still “a huge spread” between what…
Neo Financialhaslauncheda secured credit card designed to help Canadians build a history of borrowing and boost their credit scores. According to the Calgary and Winnipeg-based FinTech firm,Neo Secured Creditoffers unlimited cashback and rewards that are usually reserved only “for top-tier, annual fee credit cards.” Secured credit cards can help folks facing difficulty accessing credit build…
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribeto H|T using the form at the bottom of this page to ensure you don’t miss out on the most important healthtech news every week! Ardra Bio, a fermentation startup working to develop ingredients for the natural flavours, perfume,…
Software startupLoopiohas laid off nine percent of its staff, the CEO and co-founder announced on LinkedIn in late June. “Yesterday, my co-founder Matt York and I made the difficult decision to lay off 9% of our Loopio team. This was not a decision we made lightly — every single person involved played a role in…
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you want to read A|I before anyone else, make sure tosubscribeusing the form at the bottom of this page. Québec’s quantum sector is getting a boost with a new factory and tech…
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribeto H|T using the form at the bottom of this page to ensure you don’t miss out on the most important healthtech news every week! Toronto-based Altis Labs, which helps biopharmaceutical companies analyze medical imaging and expedite clinical trials…
Earlier this week, Deloitte released its 2023 TechnologyFast 50andFast 500lists, which showcase the fastest growing companies across North America based on fiscal-year revenue growth over a three-year period. Companies on these lists, which are touting triple-digit revenue growth, are looking to hire software engineers to work on their platforms in Canada. Check out all the…