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F|T: The FinTech Times – UK law enforcement can now seize crypto before an arrest

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before anyone else, make sure to subscribe using this form. UK Law Enforcement Agencies Can Now Seize Crypto More Easily as New Rules Take Effect New powers that will help law enforcement agencies seize […]

Pendium Health wins $10,000 at OCI’s DiscoveryX Conference

Toronto-based healthtech startup Pendium Health is one of the winners taking home prize money from the DiscoveryX Conference and Trade Show. The DiscoveryX Conference and Trade Show, an annual innovation conference hosted by the Ontario Centre for Innovation (OCI), wrapped up in Toronto on April 17. Now in its 15th year, DiscoveryX returned to Toronto’s […]

Earth Day has us asking questions about cleantech tax credits

Budget 2024 has passed but BetaKit is still exploring its implications. With the ongoing capital gains tax brouhaha, Josh Scott ran the numbers to explain how tech founders, funders, workers, and firms will be impacted by the changes.  On the issue of tax changes, I’ve been digging through the new and not-so-new cleantech measures the […]

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, April 26, 2024

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday April 26, 2024. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon. In a few minutes David Shipley, head of Beauceron Security, will be here to discuss some of the biggest news of the past week. They include the latest developments in the […]

How Canada’s capital gains tax changes might impact Canadian tech

Last week, Canada’s Liberal government announced capital gains tax changes that, for the technology sector, have overshadowed all other items in Budget 2024. In short, the Government of Canada has proposed raising not the tax rate but the inclusion rate on capital gains—which include profits from the sale of assets like stock or property—from one-half […]

These three US tech giants are hiring in Canada

The landscape of tech giants is expanding rapidly. Recent data from Pitchbook indicates that during the first quarter of 2024, a record 37 startups globally achieved unicorn status—each valued at over $1 billion USD, representing the largest increase in these valuations over the past year. A wave of potential exits is also on the horizon. […]

Qohash secures $17.4 million in Series B funding for data security platform

Québec City-based artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity startup Qohash has closed $17.4 million in Series B financing as it looks to scale its data-security platform. The round was led by Fonds de solidarité FTQ, with participation from Export Development Canada and existing investor Desjardins Capital. It comes approximately three years after Qohash closed $8 million […]

FreshBooks expands Stripe partnership with new embedded payments offering

Toronto-based accounting software company FreshBooks is launching FreshBooks Payments, a new offering alongside American payments processor Stripe. The company said FreshBooks Payments helps businesses onboard easier, improve cash flow, and help business owners invoice, track, and collect payments in one place. Businesses can send a Stripe payment link to their clients alongside invoices that, once […]