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Retail Sales Drop In Canada For First Time In Three Months
Retail Sales Drop In Canada For First Time In Three Months
November 22, 2019  |  Retail

With a less-than-anticipated decline, retail sales in Canada dropped in September for the first time in three months. Statistics Canada noted that retailers sold 0.1...

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Walmart Develops Blockchain Freight Payment Network
Walmart Develops Blockchain Freight Payment Network
November 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Walmart Canada has developed a blockchain-based network to facilitate logistics operations and payments, the company announced in a press release Thursday (Nov. 14). In collaboration...

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Uber Freight Branches Out Into Canada
Uber Freight Branches Out Into Canada
October 30, 2019  |  Delivery

Uber Freight is rolling out to Canada after bringing its technology to European customers across the Netherlands and Germany earlier this year, the company announced...

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Amazon Business Expands To Canada
Amazon Business Expands To Canada
October 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Amazon is expanding Amazon Business and Business Prime for its Canadian business customers, the eCommerce conglomerate announced on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Targeting small and medium-sized...

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Canada’s CIBC Enables Mobile Account Opening For Businesses
Canada’s CIBC Enables Mobile Account Opening For Businesses
October 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Canadian financial institution (FI) CIBC announced it now supports the opening of digital accounts for its business clients. The FI said in a press release...

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PayPal Expands SMB Loan Offering To Canada
PayPal Expands SMB Loan Offering To Canada
October 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

PayPal is expanding its small business lending operations into Canada. In a press release issued on Monday (Oct. 21), the company announced PayPal Business Loan’s...

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Visa: She’s Next Initiative Goes Global
Visa: She’s Next Initiative Goes Global
October 22, 2019  |  Payment Methods

In early 2019, Visa launched the “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through shared research, experience...

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Canada Mulls Public Digital Coin
Canada Mulls Public Digital Coin
October 18, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The Bank of Canada is thinking about launching its own digital currency. The Logic was the first to report that the country’s central bank is...

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Canada’s Green Party Pushes Social Media ID Verification
Canada’s Green Party Pushes Social Media ID Verification
September 23, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

It wasn’t all about Facebook on the Hill. Headlines in recent days focused on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg being in Washington, D.C. meeting with lawmakers...

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