The Watson data scientist and IBM Associate Partner talks about conversational AI for banking, and making Canada the worldwide mecca for AI. Pavel Abdur-Rahman is all-in on artificial intelligence. Through his work with IBM, he’s had a front-row seat to …
Collaboration to Make Innovation Work: A Conversation with Tracy Lagasse of Fintech Growth Syndicate
A master connector tells us what is possible in fintech when banks and startups stop competing and start collaborating. Where banks and fintechs were once in an innovation race, they are now seeing ways to collaborate for greater gains. But …
The future of blockchain: a conversation with Guy Halford-Thompson
The founder and CEO of Blockchain Technology Limited talks about what it will take to scale and commercialize blockchain, and what’s next for decentralization. Guy Halford-Thompson moved on the crypto scene early, with his 2013 company QuickBitcoin. Now, he’s commercializing …
What to Expect at Mobey Day Toronto, Aug. 30-31
Find out how cross-pollination is fueling giant leaps in fintech Mobey Day Canada is less than a month away. Once again hosted by Carta, the event is happening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on August 30–31, 2017. On the heels …
Smart tokens to release the potential of value added services
Smart Token article featured in MoneyMag, Money 20/20 Europe’s official magazine. To read the original article here, click here. By Kristian T. Sørensen – Norfico While the ability to pay using a phone or another smart device rather than a …
Vodafone Wallet continues expansion with new launches in Germany and Netherlands
Vodafone continues to expand its award-winning digital Wallet with new market launches—adding Germany and the Netherlands, alongside the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy, for a total of five countries. Now only do Vodafone users benefit from the convenience of adding …
Carta powers mobile payments for 62 banks in Denmark
Powered by Nets and Carta’s Token Processing Applications (TPA), members of the BOKIS banking collective have become the first in Denmark to offer mobile payments using Dankort, the national debit and credit card. The service is available through the mobile …
Samsung, Carta, Ingenico & Smartlink bring Wearable payments platform to three continents
Samsung, token service provider Carta Worldwide, POS manufacturer Ingenico and Swiss app developer Smartlink will roll out the Contactless Companion Platform (CCP) – a digital cash service allowing consumers to load money onto a range of wearable items. These wearables …
Meet the Ambitious Winners of the Mobey Day UX Competition: Team Piggy Wealth
How do you win $15,000 and catch the eye of the biggest names in banking innovation? We sat down with Team Piggy Wealth—the winners of the Visa Bank of the Future UI/UX Challenge—to find out. Lien Chueh, Fruzan Nijrabi, Erik …
A Conversation with Etienne Iliffe-Moon, Director of Design and Strategic Partnering, BMW Group Designworks + BMW Group Technology Office USA
BMW Designworks’ visionary defines the future premium and reveals the roadmap to a seamless, elegant mobile banking experience. Spanning three offices throughout the world, BMW Group Designworks propels the speed of innovation by keeping an ear to the ground and …
Alexander Peh, Head of Market Development & Mobile, PayPal CA
PayPal CA’s mobile expert gives us the lay of the fintech land, highlighting new mobile payment verticals and user experiences to explore. PayPal’s solutions always seem to meet customers at the exact places they want to transact. That’s not …
8 Reasons Toronto is Fintech’s Rising Star
It’s an exciting time to be in Toronto. This fall brought a continuous stream of announcements from emerging fintech stars and multiple events in the city highlighting local innovation. The city has been steadily humming with the energy of innovation. …
A Conversation with Andrew Boyajian, Head of Banking for North America, TransferWise
Lessons in bringing fair play to the world of international money transfers and using transparency to empower a growing user base. Breaking consumers out of ingrained habits and patterns is a real challenge for fintech innovators. However, Andrew Boyajian and …
Designing the Future Bank
Visa is sponsoring the competition that could redefine the way we bank. The term “User Experience” wasn’t top of mind for banks a decade or two ago. But, says Derek Colfer, Head of Digital Innovation at Visa Canada, it’s something …
Five things that will forever change how we bank
If a bank were a person, how would it look? Close your eyes and picture it for a second. Eighty bucks says you’re picturing a man, and he’s in a suit. He probably has white hair, maybe a moustache, and …
A conversation with Mark Dowds, Chief Strategy Officer, Trov
Trov’s innovation guru talks about giving a new voice to an ancient industry and why Canadian kindness makes Toronto a great InsurTech hub. It doesn’t matter what industry he touches, Mark Dowds is a born disruptor. With Northern Irish charm …
Vodafone Wins Big Thanks to Focus on Loyalty & Engagement
Vodafone is one of the earliest trailblazers in mobile payments—from the the game-changing peer-to-peer mobile payments platform M-pesa launched in 2007 to a wide number of innovations in mobile payment and NFC wallet solutions, Vodafone has a proven track record …
The World’s Banking and Payments Leaders Are Coming to Toronto
If you’ve even blinked at any fintech news recently you know Toronto is on the up. It’s the fourth largest city in North America, Canada’s financial hub, a hotbed for tech startups, and a beacon for government support. In fact, Capgemini’s …
On-line meets Off-line: Mobile Payments Convergence Signals Tipping Point for Adoption
Landmark partnership between Visa and PayPal makes mobile mainstream and sets new benchmark for banks hoping to compete in mobile payments. We often assume it’s a question of “when” not “if” the smartphone will transform consumer payments on a mass …
Danish banking collective sign up for HCE mobile payments with Nets
Customers of banks belonging to Danish banking collective The Bokis Partnership will soon be able to make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments via a service that uses an HCE and tokenization platform from digital payment services provider Nets and Carta Worldwide. The …
