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Square Inc. today launched its SDK (software development kit) for developers, enabling retailers to integrate it as a payment option. The new in-app payment software...

Canadian-based Coinsquare makes first international move, launches in Europe

Meagan Simpson - December 19, 2018

Toronto-born cryptocurrency trading platform Coinsquare is making its first international move, expanding into a number of countries in the European Union. Today, Coinsquare announced it has...

Quickbooks announces updates to help small businesses with cash flow

Meagan Simpson - December 5, 2018

Being an entrepreneur isn't easy, as co-owner of Tool Shed Brewing Company Graham Sherman put it to the audience at Quickbooks Connect conference, he...

Investment in Canadian SaaS reaches $1.62 billion: L-Spark

Meagan Simpson - November 28, 2018

This past year was a good one for the software-as-service (SaaS) industry in Canada, with more deals being made than the previous year and...

Fast growing payments system Adyen expands to Canada

Meagan Simpson - October 31, 2018

International payment processor Adyen, which boasts customers like eBay, and Microsoft has expanded its platform into Canada. The Amsterdam-based company announced on Tuesday it is...

ATB Financial, IBM partnership focuses on digital transformation in banking

Meagan Simpson - October 24, 2018

Alberta-based ATB Financial is deepening its relationship with IBM Corp., with the creation of a Digital Innovation Lab and mobile/web-based platform as it continues...

BMO offers first-of-its-kind blockchain pilot to Ontario teachers

Meagan Simpson - August 20, 2018

The Bank of Montreal (BMO) is hoping to demonstrate viable, real-world applications for blockchain, launching a first-of-its-kind pilot in Canada using the technology for...

Most financial institutions embracing digital transformation in theory, but not practice: OpenText

Eric Emin Wood - August 14, 2018

A new report by OpenText and ITBusiness.ca parent ITWC has found that when it comes to digital transformation, Canada's financial institutions are talking the talk, but not walking the walk.

Visa and PayPal become better pals in Canada

Brian Jackson - May 9, 2018

Visa and PayPal are expanding their partnership in Canada to allow customers more ways to move money between accounts, and could lead to PayPal...

Visa Direct payments service expanded in Canada

Brian Jackson - May 8, 2018

Visa is making sure that the days of paper cheques are numbered in Canada by expanding its Visa Direct push payments platform north of...

Hashtag Trending – Paypal going after traditional banks, Facebook’s continued problems, China’s dystopian ranking system

Mandy Kovacs - April 10, 2018

PayPal is moving closer to “mainstream banking”, Facebook suspends another data analytics firm for using tactics like Cambridge Analytica, and China is testing a...