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John has been in communications since graduating from Creative Communications at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg in 1992. He launched one of Canada's first digital-only local news sites called Winnipeg First in 2007, which led to digital editor postings with the Winnipeg Free Press and Edmonton Journal. In 2012 he joined Bankless Times as managing editor, later becoming president and CEO. He and the Bankless Media co-founders completed a sale and exit in August 2021.
Marqeta announced Thursday its latest partnership with Square to bring the Square Card to international SMBs, starting with Canada.
A consortium of crypto investors pulled together $47 millionworth of ether in a week to try to buy a rare,...
Cryptocurrency platform Gemini has raised $400 million at a $7.1 billion valuation in its first ever round of outside financing....
Overall losses caused by DeFi exploits have totaled $12 billion so far in 2021, according to a report from Elliptic.
N26, which first expanded into the country in 2019, said it is eyeing markets in eastern Europe. The bank has 500,000 customers in the U.S.
Blockchain technology firm ConsenSys said on Wednesday it had raised $200 million, at a valuation of $3.2 billion, from investors including HSBC and U.S. hedge fund Third Point.
Tide customers can now apply for a Funding Circle loan direct from their Tide account following a partnership between the peer-to-peer lending platform and business bank. Finding Circle said it has helped over 120,000 businesses worldwide access more than £13bn in funding, and that Tide customers will benefit from the platform’s instant decision lending technology...
Challenger banks and fintechs have tripled their share of the credit card market and grew their personal loan books by 50%.
Australian Airwallex has picked up a $5.5bn valuation after securing US$100m in a Series E1 funding round as fintechs are diversifying their services.