Mar 16, 2021 ● The Globe And Mail Patriotic Canadian venture capital firm Inovia raises $450-million to back domestic tech champions

Patriotic Canadian venture capital firm Inovia raises $450-million to back domestic tech champions

Mar 02, 2021 ● BetaKit FinTechs on the fence as Interac chosen for Canada's real time payments provider

Payments Canada has selected its second solution provider for the country’s upcoming real-time payments system. In response to the news, Canadian FinTechs are taking a wait-and-see approach as to whether they will directly be able to participate in the new system.

Feb 23, 2021 ● BetaKit Borrowell Raises $25 Million To Fund Acquisition of Refresh Financial

Borrowell has secured $25 million CAD to support its recently closed acquisition of Refresh Financial and overall growth, as financial institutions return their focus to customer acquisition following the fallout of COVID-19.

Nov 21, 2019 ● CBC News Major Bank Partners With Western University for AI Research

Royal Bank of Canada is providing $3M in funding to expand artificial intelligence and data analytics programs

Nov 19, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Charli AI Comes Out of Stealth Mode, Launches Workflow Automation Product

Vancouver-based Charli AI has announced the limited release of its chat-oriented product aimed to automate financial tasks for businesses

Oct 24, 2019 ● Meagan Simpson MindBridge Partnering with Bank of Canada to Detect Payment Fraud

The financial institution is hoping to develop an AI solution that can spot abnormalities in payment transactions

Sep 18, 2019 ● Alex Coop Most Canadians Are Worried AI is Advancing Too Quickly, and They Expect Banks to Have Answers, Says Study

The survey of 1,200 Canadians was sponsored by TD Bank in May 2019

Aug 15, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Overbond to Launch Three AI Analytics Labs in Montreal for R&D in Bond Pricing

The labs will offer the sandbox environment for rapid prototyping as of September