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Canada FinFra Astra Fintech Invests $10M in Dexlab to Accelerate Solana‘s Asia Expansion and PayFi Adoption
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Canada FinFra Astra Fintech Invests $10M in Dexlab to Accelerate Solana‘s Asia Expansion and PayFi Adoption

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Canada-based and Solana-focused FinFra leader Astra Fintech today reinforced its commitment to the Solana ecosystem by announcing a $10M strategic acquisition of Dexlab, a pioneering Solana-native token launching and tooling platform. Backed by Astra’s recently launched $100 million Solana ecosystem fund, this deal marks a bold step in the company’s mission to accelerate......
Affirm expands partnership with Williams-Sonoma, Inc. into Canada
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Affirm expands partnership with Williams-Sonoma, Inc. into Canada

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Expansion builds on the companies’ successful collaboration in the U.S., further underscoring the value of Affirm’s flexible and transparent pay-over-time options across borders Affirm, the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Williams-Sonoma, Inc. into Canada. This builds on......
Keep Raises C$108M to Transform Small Business Banking in Canada
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Keep Raises C$108M to Transform Small Business Banking in Canada

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Keep, Canada’s first all-in-one financial platform built exclusively for small businesses, today announced a C$108 million in new funding as it emerges from stealth mode. The funding includes C$33 million in equity financing led by Tribe Capital, a C$71 million credit facility from Coventure (Treville), and a C$4 million venture debt line from Silicon Valley Bank. This investment will accelerate......
Fintech Cadence and Visa join forces to support payment innovation in Canada
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Fintech Cadence and Visa join forces to support payment innovation in Canada

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Fintech Cadence, Canada’s leading fintech incubator and Visa, a global leader in digital payments, have announced an exciting collaboration to fuel fintech innovation across Canada. Through curated programming, events and education, Visa will support the development of Canadian fintech companies building products and services for the payment and remittance sector.......
IBM Study: Gen AI Will Elevate Financial Performance of Banks in 2025
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IBM Study: Gen AI Will Elevate Financial Performance of Banks in 2025

Somesh Utkar
Initiatives are maturing from pilots and proofs of concept to targeted, enterprise-wide strategies IBM today released its annual expectations for technology and transformation in the global financial services industry in the year ahead in the IBM Institute for Business Value 2025 Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets. Key Insights Gen......
Caseware Appoints David Marquis as Chief Executive Officer
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Caseware Appoints David Marquis as Chief Executive Officer

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-Accounting software veteran to lead the company -Industry shifts towards Caseware’s AI-enabled cloud solutions which are driving time savings, higher quality and improved talent retention Leading global audit, analytics and accounting software provider Caseware has unveiled the appointment of David Marquis as Chief Executive Officer. Marquis transitions to Caseware after five......
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Global Fintech Interview with Tate Hackert, President and Co-founder of ZayZoon

Paroma Sen
Tate Hackert, President and Co-founder of ZayZoon chats about the nuances surrounding earned wage access in this fintech interview: ________ Hi Tate, take us through your fintech journey so far and tell us more about your role at ZayZoon? My journey into fintech began with the inception and creation of......
Moomoo Announces Global Partnership With Seeking Alpha to Amplify Trading Potential for Investors
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Moomoo Announces Global Partnership With Seeking Alpha to Amplify Trading Potential for Investors

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Moomoo, one of the world’s leading investment and trading platforms, today announced its partnership with Seeking Alpha, a leading financial research platform powered by one of the world’s largest investing communities. Through the strategic partnership, the two platforms aim to empower global investors with advanced services and tools, and help them make......
Neo Financial Raises $360M to Accelerate Growth and Position Itself as Leading Challenger to Banks in Canada
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Neo Financial Raises $360M to Accelerate Growth and Position Itself as Leading Challenger to Banks in Canada

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The new capital, including funding from Shopify founder Tobi Lütke and Slack founder Stewart Butterfield, will accelerate the expansion of Neo Financial’s suite of innovative financial services products, offering competitive alternatives to traditional banks Neo Financial (“Neo”), a leading Canadian financial technology company, announced today their CAD $360 million Series......
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Why Cash Still Matters in Today’s Economy

Jim Petit
As we move into an even more digitized world, where digital transactions dominate and mobile payments are on the rise, it might seem like physical cash is becoming less important. But if we look closer, cash still plays a crucial role in our economy. It offers advantages like resilience, accessibility,......
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