CMI Financial Group rebrands business operations
New branding reflects firm’s renewed corporate vision as a leading non-bank financial services provider TORONTO, ON–CMI Financial Group (CMI), Canada’s premier private mortgage lender has completed an extensive rebranding of its business groups to better reflect its unique value proposition as a leading provider of turnkey mortgage lending and investment …
PayTechs of Canada gets new Executive Director
TORONTO, ON–PayTechs of Canada is pleased to welcome Alex Vronces as its new Executive Director, effective February 1st. Alex comes with a strong payments background, most recently with Payments Canada, where he provided thought leadership and advice on a number of key strategic policy initiatives including the modernizing of the …
Flexiti to be acquired by CURO, forging a strategic partnership
Combination with CURO secures the capital required by Flexiti to target rapid growth in loan originations within the Canadian marketplace; Flexiti signs agreement to increase credit facilities from $380 million to $500 million TORONTO, ON–Flexiti Financial Inc., Canada’s leading provider of point-of-sale (POS) consumer financing solutions for retailers, announced today it …
Montreal entrepreneurs team up to compete with major Canadian investment firms
MONTREAL, ON– Nymbus Capital has completed the acquisition of the assets of Perseus Capital, a private alternative investment management firm using a quantitative macroeconomic approach. This represents a second major strategic transaction for Nymbus in the fourth quarter of 2020, following the merger in November with Landry Investment Management. These …
CIBC’s Innovation Framework wins for supporting development of new banking tools and programs
TORONTO, ON–CIBC has won a 2021 BIG Innovation Award, presented by the Business Intelligence Group. The annual business awards program recognizes organizations, products and people around the world that are bringing new ideas to life in innovative ways. The CIBC Enterprise Innovation team received an Organization Award for its Innovation …
Will payment methods be a way Canadians use to track their spending more accurately?
By Lorenzo Pellegrino As Paysafe discovered when we surveyed consumers in April, COVID-19 and the social distancing measures Canada and other countries have put into place to combat the virus have impacted when, where, and, arguably most importantly, how they are spending money. The shift to eCommerce is one clear …
The Advantages of Blockchain
By Kellogg Fairbank ECommerce is expected to surpass USD4.6 trillion globally by 2022, according to The Payment Methods Report 2019, with the seamless experience of e-wallets boosting its popularity. The simplicity of services like PayPal and Stripe has helped to improve customer experience while giving merchants easy access to new …
Consider Global Market Prospects
As the world moves towards economic recovery, now is the time for Canadian financial services to consider their global market prospects By Roy Farah Canada is now grappling with a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stability will come, as it did after numerous major global economic downturns in years …
Lessons from 2020: Corporate Payments and Treasury See a Digital Future on the Horizon
By Andrew Bateman Earlier this year, as the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world, corporations were faced with difficult decisions about the crisis. First and foremost, out of an abundance of caution and in order to ensure the safety of their workforce, organizations enforced work-from-home policies. This was a seemingly …
Protecting Real-Time Payments
By Amanda Holden Canada is already one of the most cashless societies on the globe, but that hasn’t stopped our financial industry from finding more ways to modernize the way consumers and businesses pay for the goods and services they acquire. Enter the Real-Time Rail (RTR), expected to launch in …