Smart tokens are revolutionizing the mobile wallet—they’re not only changing the way we pay, they’re changing the way we think about transactions. Early efforts in digital payments focused solely on moving payments from plastic to mobile. By adding a critical …
Carta’s Buffy Duke is named Thought Leader of the Year
Carta’s own VP of Business Development, Buffy (Elizabeth) Duke was named Thought Leader of the year by Women in Payments. Women in Payments celebrates achievements, innovation and leadership in our industry—recognizing leaders in Canada, the US, Australia and the UK. …
Sibos Toronto is Yet Another Feather in Toronto’s Fintech Cap
The air might be getting colder in Toronto, but things are heating up for the city’s Tech and Banking sectors. At the end of 2016 we shared eight reasons Toronto is poised to be the next major fintech hub. A …
Second Annual Toronto Mobey Forum Sets the Stage for the Future
Over two jam-packed days, international leaders revealed what’s coming next in the world of finance and tech. In August, Carta hosted the second annual Toronto Mobey Forum, giving attendees more than a glimpse at the future of fintech. And based …
Venture Tech Investment 101: A Conversation with Mike Hollinger, Partner at Dentons
The leader of Dentons’ Toronto venture tech practice shares the keys to a fintech startup’s success and how companies can build lucrative relationships with angels. For most founders, the road to funding starts very close to home—they call their families, …
Rethinking Insurance from the Ground Up: A conversation with Mark Dowds, Chief Strategy Officer, Trov
Trov’s Chief Strategy Officer talks about the future of insurtech, and his key learnings from the fintech movement. Mark Dowds is the strategic force behind Trov, the world’s first fully-mobile, on-demand insurance app. From time-sensitive coverage to near-instant claim submissions, …
Using AI to fight fraud: a Conversation with MindBridge CTO Robin Grosset
The high-technology CTO talks about using AI to scale expertise and fight fraud. Robin Grosset has an impressive background, with degrees in Physics and Computer Science, and a résumé that includes Chief Architect at IBM Watson Analytics. Now, he’s helping …
Putting AI in Banks: a Conversation with IBM’s Pavel Abdur-Rahman
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Nets Group and Carta roll out Europe’s largest multi-bank payments solution to date
Though mobile payments are quickly becoming ubiquitous, banks have been characteristically slow to dive headlong into the space and take a leading role to deliver mobile services. You can’t blame them—until recently they’ve had their hands tied. It was hard …
Nets selects Carta’s TPA to enable token based NFC payments for 200+ banks in Northern Europe
Nets Group and Carta Worldwide have announced a partnership that brings secure mobile payments solutions to banks across Northern Europe. The partnership enables Nets to provide token services potentially to all of the banks that are being serviced by Nets …
Big Data and mobile payments: the game changer
What is a payment? It’s a transaction, sure. But much more importantly – to banks, merchants and credit card companies—it’s a story in a particular moment in time. A Tiffany’s purchase could signify a major life change. A sudden influx …
