Tagged: north america

March 6, 2023 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retirable, the “holistic” retirement solution, announced the release of its first ‘State of Retirement’ study, which sums up how more than 2,000 U.S. individuals nearing and in retirement plan “to spend their time, money, and resources.” Known for its holistic approach to retirement alongside the… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) announced that it has “acquired OJO Canada — the Canadian operations of U.S.-based real estate technology company, OJO Holdings Corp.” The acquisition further “enables RBC’s commitment to supporting Canadians at every stage in their home buying journey by offering intuitive,… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 8:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quick and easy payouts trump all other factors for North American and U.K. online sports bettors when selecting a sportsbook, according to the latest All the ways players pay research from payments platform Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE). The report also “reveals the crucial role of the… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to Mastercard (NASDAQ: MQ) SpendingPulseTM, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, Canadian retail sales, “excluding automotive, increased +3.8% YOY, (+15.6% YO3Y) in November.” While E-commerce sales were :down this month -3% YOY, growth remains strong since pre-pandemic at… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is pleased to report… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AltScore, a fintech start-up that provides B2B lending infrastructure, announced it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The financing will help AltScore “continue developing its end-to-end Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) solution to help its B2B partners embed and deploy credit products while giving MSMBs fair and… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment service provider Clik2pay is announcing a collaboration with Inovatec, North America’s leader in lending process automation. This collaboration will “make it possible for Inovatec’s clients to request payment from customers using Clik2pay’s direct-from-account payment platform.” This is done safely and securely “using Interac e-Transfer,… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, announced that Instacart, the grocery technology company in North America, “has selected the company as an additional payments processing partner.” As part of the new partnership, Instacart will “leverage Adyen functionality, including… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, announced the acquisition of Prometa Fund Support Services Inc., a Canada based provider of fund services. Prometa delivers fund services to clients in Canada, the United States, and Bermuda, “including Hedge Funds, LSVCCs and Mortgage Investment Corporations.”… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the financial technology platform of “choice” for leading businesses,  announced that Pet Supplies Plus, the franchisor and operator of pet-specialty stores in North America, has selected the platform “to power its payments online and in-store for its approximate 230 corporate locations and… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BankiFi, a provider of embedded banking solutions for small and medium businesses (SMB), has secured $4.8 million “for global expansion into North America.” This strategic growth investment “gives BankiFi the capital to provide its industry-leading embedded banking platform to more than two million SMBs across… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ranqx, the digital lending platform built for lenders to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), has expanded its working relationship with Visa (NYSE: V) into North America. Before collaborating with Visa in North America, Ranqx worked cooperatively with Visa in its Asia Pacific region. Under the latest… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 8:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Savana, a financial software for banks and fintechs, announced the closing of a $45 million Series A round led by Georgian, a growth-stage investor based in Toronto, Canada. The funds will be “used to drive continued growth of Savana’s core-agnostic Digital Delivery Platform, ramp up… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ageras Group—whose suite of financial and accounting software powers more than one million small businesses across Europe and North America—announced that it has acquired Kontist, a Berlin-based neo-bank “focused on the complex accounting and banking needs of Germany’s growing populations of microbusinesses and self-employed workers.”… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardless, a financial technology firm, announced a new agreement with American Express (NYSE:AXP). The agreement “empowers some of the country’s most celebrated brands – including travel providers and retailers – to seamlessly launch digital-first cards leveraging the Cardless platform, backed by benefits, offers, and security… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arvest Bank, a community bank with over $26 billion in assets, announced a five-year partnership with Google Cloud to “enable and accelerate its multi-year digital transformation strategy.” The announcement “follows the bank’s partnership with technology leader Thought Machine, and comes on the heels of its… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BankiFi, an embedded banking solutions provider, announced its expansion into North America with “the launch of BankiFi Americas.” The organization’s growth and expansion into the U.S. market “will support the unique digitization and payment modernization requirements of SMBs, while placing financial institutions at the heart… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, which claims to be a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, is expanding its presence in Canada “with new facilities in Montréal to boost its North American operations and drive its international growth.” TS Imagine opened its… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

D-Wave Systems Inc., which claims to be a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the “only” company building both quantum annealing and gate-based quantum computers, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced a multi-year strategic alliance “to champion the acceleration and adoption of quantum… Read More

July 14, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has launched Changeworks™, a social-impact program that “helps Canada’s not-for-profits harness the power of technology and data to create positive change.” To put this commitment into action, Mastercard has “made its first anchor grant to national not-for-profit, CanadaHelps, to launch a digital… Read More