Advanced technologies such as AI, blockchain and continuous authentication to transform the connected era in 2030
Frost & Sullivan Analyzes the Future of Privacy and Cybersecurity SANTA CLARA, CA-Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, The Future of Privacy and Cybersecurity, Forecast to 2030, finds that by 2030, there will be a complex global network of 200 billion devices, with over 20 connected devices per human. As the …
eBay’s Up & Running program provides three-months of financial relief and support in wake of COVID-19 crisis
eBay Canada: Waiving Selling Fees and Launching Resources to Support Small Businesses Looking to Expand Online TORONTO, ON–eBay Canada is launching “Up & Running,” an accelerator program specifically designed to support retailers without an e-commerce presence transition to selling online. The initiative will also help existing online businesses create a …
Canada Emergency Response Benefit expanded
Prime Minister announces expanded access for essential workers OTTAWA, ON–The Government of Canada is taking significant and decisive action to support Canadians and businesses facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. No Canadian should have to choose between protecting their health, putting food on the table, paying …
TSG Announces Acquisition of PerfectMind
PerfectMind is the leader in the Parks and Recreation market in North America BURNABY, BC–TSG, an Advent portfolio company and leading global provider of business management software, integrated payments, and value-added services to the Health and Fitness, Childcare and Education, and Boutique markets, today announced that it has acquired PerfectMind …
Future-shaping trends Look for personalization, redemption options and “points as currency”
By Len Covello The loyalty industry in Canada has left brands and consumers wanting more. The issue is that many of today’s loyalty programs run on unsophisticated technologies with little segmentation capabilities and zero personalization features. When it comes to loyalty redemption, customers want ease, choice and value, and they …
Adopting emerging payments solutions
By David Grindal Our traditional world of stable payment acceptance mechanisms is long gone. Payments used to just mean either cash and cards for a merchant or automated clearing house (ACH) and wire transfers and larger-amount cheques for a business, government or institution. The only person-to-person (P2P) payments that were …
Five reasons to automate invoices
By Anthony Loiacono All businesses are not created equal and neither are their accounting needs. There is no one-size-fits-all way to structure an accounts department. However, there may be an easier way to handle certain accounting tasks, such as invoicing, which can be automated to reduce the amounts of staff-hours …
Canadian credit unions take steps to expand international payments
By Brian Raine The payments environment in Canada and internationally is in flux. But credit unions are not just keeping pace with that change, they are now leading it. Bringing the benefits of low transaction fees, digital interfaces and convenience to all credit union members. Central 1 continues to focus …
How Gen Z guides payments
By Daniel Kornitzer ECommerce and mobile commerce (mCommerce) continue to grow in Canada. eMarketer forecasts that 31.5 per cent of the $64.6 billion in eCommerce sales in 2019 will be carried out using a smartphone or tablet. The connected growth of eCommerce and mCommerce is being driven in part by …
Libra: the AOL of crypto?
By Daniil Saiko The earliest iteration of email was a fringe application, only used by tech-savvy engineers and hobbyists. That changed with the introduction of AOL, which took the Internet and email from fringe to mainstream. Despite the mass amount of media coverage, cryptocurrencies are in the same position as …