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Real EstateBrookfield Delays Payments While Asking Tenants To Pay Up
Asset manager Brookfield, which owns stakes in numerous malls, is demanding retailers pay back rent even as the Toronto-based investment group has...
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B2B PaymentsEasing FX Woes For Newly-Global SMBs
The pandemic has introduced a major incentive for companies of all sizes to rethink their business models, and perhaps the most profound...
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Digital BankingWill Credit Sesame’s Digital Banking Push STACK Up?
The challenger bank space is having a bit of a moment. LendingClub is buying Radius Bank. Green Dot is using the bank...
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Buy Now Pay LaterNew Report: How Flexible-Payment Options Are Giving DIY Projects An Assist
Consumers around the world are confining themselves to their homes and feeling the urge to invest in luxury items and home improvement...
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B2B PaymentsRemitr Launches Global Business Accounts For SMBs In Canada
Toronto’s Remitr, which works in business payments, has launched a new solution for setting up international payments in a quicker, more efficient...
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B2B PaymentsFacebook Canada Starts Aid Program For SMBs
Facebook Canada has announced a series of initiatives to aid small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) during the coronavirus pandemic, including $3.5 million...
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SMBsToronto To Launch ‘Digital Main Street’ To Help SMBs Get Online
In Toronto, a new service called DMS ShopHERE, powered by the Schulich School of Business, aims to help small companies and artists move...
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MastercardMastercard Aims To Protect Canadian SMBs With RiskRecon Assessments
RiskRecon, a Mastercard firm, is offering complimentary cybersecurity assessments through the end of the year to assist Canadian small businesses in keeping...
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eCommerceShopify Capital Extends Loans To Canadian SMBs Struggling Amid Outbreak
Shopify is introducing a financing division that will extend loans to small and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Canada financially suffering due to the...
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EconomyCanadian SMB Confidence At Record Lows
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s latest Business Barometer indicated that small business confidence dropped to a new historic low with...
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CryptocurrencyCanada Prepares For Future Digital Currency
The Central Bank of Canada said that while it will not be issuing a digital currency anytime soon, it will still develop...
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InternationalCountries Brace For Global Economic Impact Of Coronavirus
Canada Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that the coronavirus is probably going to have a “real” impact on that country’s economy, according...
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RetailCan Harry And Meghan Make Canada An International Style Destination?
When one thinks of the world’s great cities for fashion, a few likely suspects always seem to make the list. Milan, Paris,...
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RidesharingVancouver Finally Approves Uber And Lyft
In a move that’s been in the works since 2012, the city of Vancouver has approved Uber and Lyft to operate in...
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MastercardMastercard Debuts Canadian Intelligence And Cyber Center
Mastercard has launched a new center called the Intelligence and Cyber Centre in Vancouver, Canada, focused on speeding innovation in artificial intelligence...
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InternationalAmazon Seeks Pharmacy Trademarks In Canada, UK, Australia
Amazon has filed for a trademark for Amazon Pharmacy in several countries, according to a report by CNBC. Those countries include Australia,...
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B2B PaymentsPlotly Gets $1.7M From Scale AI
Data science and artificial intelligence (AI) technology company Plotly has received a $1.7 million contribution from Scale AI, an innovation hub that...
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VISAVisa Partners With TD To Power US, Canada Money Transfers
Visa is teaming up with TD Bank to introduce a new solution to ease money transfers between Canadian and U.S. accounts, Visa...
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Global PaymentsLondon’s Paysend Licensed To Operate In Canada
Paysend, a FinTech out of the U.K., has received a license to operate in Canada in a move that will expand the...
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RetailRetail Sales Drop In Canada For First Time In Three Months
With a less-than-anticipated decline, retail sales in Canada dropped in September for the first time in three months. Statistics Canada noted that...
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B2B PaymentsWalmart Develops Blockchain Freight Payment Network
Walmart Canada has developed a blockchain-based network to facilitate logistics operations and payments, the company announced in a press release Thursday (Nov....
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DeliveryUber Freight Branches Out Into Canada
Uber Freight is rolling out to Canada after bringing its technology to European customers across the Netherlands and Germany earlier this year,...
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B2B PaymentsAmazon Business Expands To Canada
Amazon is expanding Amazon Business and Business Prime for its Canadian business customers, the eCommerce conglomerate announced on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Targeting...
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B2B PaymentsCanada’s CIBC Enables Mobile Account Opening For Businesses
Canadian financial institution (FI) CIBC announced it now supports the opening of digital accounts for its business clients. The FI said in...
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B2B PaymentsPayPal Expands SMB Loan Offering To Canada
PayPal is expanding its small business lending operations into Canada. In a press release issued on Monday (Oct. 21), the company announced...
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VISAVisa: She’s Next Initiative Goes Global
In early 2019, Visa launched the “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through...
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CryptocurrencyCanada Mulls Public Digital Coin
The Bank of Canada is thinking about launching its own digital currency. The Logic was the first to report that the country’s...
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RegulationCanada’s Green Party Pushes Social Media ID Verification
It wasn’t all about Facebook on the Hill. Headlines in recent days focused on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg being in Washington, D.C....
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Global PaymentsFinTech InstaReM Launches Remittance Service In Canada
Cross-border payments provider InstaReM is rolling out its digital money transfer services in Canada, the company said in a press release. By...
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RetailServing Up A Competitive Offering In The Crowded Meal Kit Market
For a consumer who wants to cook at home, but doesn’t necessarily want to spend a lot of time preparing for that...
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B2B PaymentsEverlink Bolsters FI Fraud Protection With ACI Worldwide
Canada’s Everlink Payment Services, a payment solution and service provider for banks, credit unions and small businesses, is strengthening its fraud controls...
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InternationalNorth Loop Banking Service Caters To International Students
A new bank account designed for international students was launched in the U.S., FinTechFutures reported on Friday (Aug. 23). North Loop is...
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CryptocurrencyFlexa: Making Crypto Spendable In Every Store
Beyond bitcoin and price swings, might there be a place for crypto in commerce? Flexa wants to bring digital coin into physical...
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DebtChase Forgives Consumer Debt On Canadian Credit Cards
Chase Bank credit card customers in Canada were treated to an unusual gift when the lender forgave their outstanding debt, Fortune reported...
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RetailGoop Introduces Digital Shopping In Canada
Goop has announced that it is extending its physical goop MRKT Toronto pop-up to digital shoppers in the Canadian market. The digital...
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Digital PaymentsWestern Union Partners With Canada’s TD For Global Money Transfer
Global payment services firm Western Union is teaming with Canadian financial institution TD to offer a fast, convenient way for TD account-holders...
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InvestmentsVenture Capital Disruptor Clearbanc Raises $50M
Clearbanc, a company that provides a funding alternative to traditional venture capital outfits, has raised another $50 million in an equity investment,...
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RetailImperial Brands Moves Into Cannabis Industry
Cigarette company Imperial Brands has invested in Canadian cannabis company Auxly Cannabis Group to the tune of £75m ($93.2M USD), according to...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Canada Eases Crypto Rules; Bitcoin ATMs Elude AML Efforts
Cryptocurrency exchanges in Canada will now only have to report transfers of more than CA$10,000 ($7,663). The move comes after the Canadian...
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B2B PaymentsFunding Circle Delays Canada Launch In Gloomy Forecast
Funding Circle has reportedly cut its 2019 revenue expectations by half as it tightens small business (SMB) lending standards, reports in Reuters...
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AuthenticationThe Government As Catalyst To Innovating Digital ID
The ongoing and complicated work to build better digital identification systems for commerce and payments involves a host of players. The government...
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Digital PaymentsAdyen Now Enables Interac Debit Mobile Payments In Canada
On the heels of its Canadian launch last year, Adyen announced the addition of Interac Debit on Mobile for in-browser and in-app as...
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Alternative FinancesMicrolending Bridges Gaps For Recent Immigrants
Karla Ogaro was a certified pharmacist in the Philippines before emigrating to Canada. Mohammed Aly, also an immigrant to Canada, was a dentist who...
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Digital PaymentsPayPal, Visa Bring Instant Settlement To SMBs In Canada
Payment bottlenecks cause problems for all types of consumers and companies, not the least of which are small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)....
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Security & FraudCanadian Lender Hit With Data Breach Impacting 2.9M
Canadian lender Desjardins Group revealed that it has been the victim of a data breach that could impact more than 2.9 million...
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RegulationCannabis Drinks To Be On Tap In Canada This December
A cannabis joint venture plans to start selling different types of marijuana-infused beverages in Canada this year. The maker of Coors Light...
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B2B PaymentsPayPal Canada Links Small Businesses To Cross-Border Shipping
PayPal is introducing a new solution for Canadian small businesses (SMBs) to lower their logistics costs when doing business with the U.S....
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PersonnelMastercard Names New President Of Canadian Operations
Mastercard announced on Thursday (May 30) the appointment of Sasha Krstic as president of the company’s Canadian operations. In a press release,...
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MastercardMastercard, Interac Team On Canada Cross-Border Payments
Mastercard and Interac, the global and domestic payment networks, announced Wednesday (May 22) they are collaborating to offer customers in Canada a...
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B2B PaymentsAccountants Sound Off On Wolters Kluwer Cyberattack
A cyberattack at accounting firm Wolters Kluwer that left its accountant clients unable to access a portal necessary to do their jobs...
