Fintech

A financing last week minted Canada’s first fintech unicorn. Nuvei, a Montreal based payments processor, raised US $270 million

> The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea. It is far

Wealthy heir joins Accelerate in biz dev role.

The three co-founders of Wealthsimple.

Let me start by telling you about a pivotal event that happened at the foundation of Wealthsimple. In Canada, in

As I promised last time, I am moving on from Wealthsimple to talk about Koho.  As it happens, Koho also

The central tenet of passive investing is that lower fees are the surest path to satisfactory performance.  Pioneer John Bogle

In 2018, Wealthsimple founder Michael Katchen penned an essay saying "Canada is bad at thinking big". Wealthsimple launched

Last month, Wealthsimple acquired SimpleTax, an online DIY tax filing service out of BC.  SimpleTax has about ten employees and

Revolut - the UK based digital only bank unicorn - had been quieter for several months, its global expansion plans