When it comes to Tim Horton’s and cannabis, it’s all about how they roll
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Raising up: Calgary startup Symend had a big raise recently, giving them the ability to help more people in need of engagement with empathy in difficult financial matters.
No rim rollin’: Donut lovers rejoice! Tim Horton’s has a plan to get back to business, but you probably won’t be able to roll up the rim to win for awhile.
Halvening some fun: Well, it’s official, theflow of Bitcoins has declined.
Reigning it in: It looks like the first part of the year had Brace for some weakness in fintech financinghttps://ncfacanada.org/brace-for-impact-vc-funding-of-fintechs-has-terrible-q1/. Well except for a few bright spots.
On payment rails: While investment in several areas has paused, Visa is stepping on the fintech gas. Their Fast Track investment program is widely distributed, showing their progressive nature as a business, and a desire to keep moving.
ShopHERE: The Big Smoke has brought together the tech community to help brick and mortar businesses get digitized so they can survive and thrive.
Insights & OpEds
Listen to Larry? Larry Fink founder of Blackrock, the multi trillion dollar money manager and advisor, has a new interest: climate change. And yet, we are getting a real time lesson in the fallibility of making major policy decisions using models as we speak.
Easy button: RegTech: The Financial Industry Disruptor for the financial industry to comply.
Get out the PopCom: Dawn Dickson, founder and CEO of PopCom is dumb like a fox. She saw the SEC’s game and called and raised.
Smokesourcing: Is crowdfunding the cannabis industry’s secret weapon?
G & G: Gates and Google are getting together to develop a fast payments system for developing nations. A worthy cause. Will they be the driving force behind entrepreneurs in those nations to get it done?
Bankazon: The worst kept secret in financial services is that Amazon is working on various in house financial innovations. NCFA advisor, Paul Sculte, presented the idea back at VanFunding in 2018.
Doorr just raised a Seed Round. Or listen on Fintech Fridays podcast when Doorr was still called Moregidge 'Re-imagining brokers'
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