Josh Scott
Reporter at BetaKit
Covering π¨π¦ tech @BetaKit / Award-winning βbuzzy business reporterβ + long-suffering Leafs fan / [email protected] / Tips welcome
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3 days ago |
betakit.com | Josh Scott
With Prime Minister Mark Carneyβs recent election, Canadian FinTech leaders are βcautiously optimisticβ that Canada now has a head of government who cares about their policy priorities. They also acknowledged that FinTech might not be at the top of his to-do list.
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1 week ago |
betakit.com | Josh Scott
Bitcoin-focused, MontrΓ©al-based cryptocurrency company Shakepay has become a Payments Canada member. βThis recognition underscores the hard work weβve invested in building a trusted and regulated platform.βEric Richmond, ShakepayThis makes Shakepay the the first βcrypto-nativeβ business and third FinTech company (alongside Questrade and Wealthsimple) to be granted membership to Payments Canada, which oversees Canadaβs core payment infrastructure.
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1 week ago |
betakit.com | Josh Scott
Just over seven years after acquiring Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Layer 6, Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) is gearing up to open Layer 6βs first office outside of Canada. βI think itβs going to be a very exciting future, but also one that we have to navigate carefully.βMaksims Volkovs, TDTD has turned Layer 6 into the bankβs AI research centre since the buyout, leveraging its now 100-person team of experts to help improve TDβs operations and customer experience.
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2 weeks ago |
betakit.com | Josh Scott
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. construction technology scaleup Dozr, which offers an online marketplace and white-labelled software for heavy equipment rentals, has shuffled its leadership ranks. After nearly a decade as CEO, Dozr co-founder Kevin Forestell has transitioned to chair of the companyβs board. Dave Frazier, who has a background in both construction and tech and is based in Utah, has joined as president to lead Dozr going forward.
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2 weeks ago |
betakit.com | Josh Scott
Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify is rolling back a revenue sharing exemption that allowed developers on its app store to keep the first $1 million USD ($1.39 million CAD) they generated every year. Shopify announced the change to policy in a blog post last week, saying it introduced the annual exemption during the COVID-19 pandemic to help small developers.
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