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FPM360 joins Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton’s ranks

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton is taking by storm the digital sector of the finance function and becomes Quebec’s leader MONTRÉAL–Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton announces the acquisition of FPM360 and becomes Quebec’s leader in consulting for CFOs. Specifically, the firm is bolstering its services in the area of financial performance management, …

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Deep ReadsIdentity VerificationIndustry News

Imagining the Future of Digital ID&V

By David Poole Two closely linked concepts like identity and verification (ID&V) have taken on an increasingly critical role in consumers’ day-to-day lives. Identification systems use a trusted ledger, process or token to identify a person or entity; whereas verification aims to answer the question “is this person who they …

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Why daily pay for gig workers

By Chris Seip In Canada, and across the globe, we’re seeing the emergence of a gig economy that is fuelled by on-demand workers. According to EY, the U.S. contingent workforce has grown by 66 per cent in the past 10 years1. Ride-hailing services are one of the largest users of …

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Financial InstitutionsIndustry News

Financial inclusion with voice banking

By Henrique Godinho When Amazon’s Alexa made its Canadian debut in November 2017, experts were quick to speculate about what voice-activated technology could bring to the banking industry. What emerged was early experimentation towards the integration of voice applications into general banking operations, like verbally disseminating branch hours, locations and …

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Adapting to a changing landscape

By Cyrielle Chiron In fall 2018 I had the pleasure of speaking about global payments trends across Canada and the U.S., sharing insights from RFi Group’s very latest global studies. While every country is unique and has different trends impacting their payments ecosystem, being able to adapt to a changing …

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Focus on evolving customer expectations and habits

By Mia Huntington We have witnessed a rapidly accelerating pace of change in the payments ecosystem in recent years, and 2019 promises more changes—and challenges—ahead. Consumers want to be able to pay for things when, where and how they want. They are increasingly shunning cash and are opting for card, …

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E-commerceIndustry News

Birks Offers Customers a New Way to Shop Online

Birks  signs on with Flexiti’s Private Label Credit Card TORONTO– Birks Group has launched its online financing solution, modernizing consumer lending for its customers across Canada, by adopting Flexiti Financial’s private label, point-of-sale consumer financing solution for retailers. The online offering complements Flexiti’s in-store financing which was implemented last year …

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Veem Introduces First, Only Rewards Program for International Payments to Celebrate 100,000th Customer

Veem Modernizes Outdated International Payment System Through VeemRewards SAN FRANCISCO–Veem, the simplest possible way for businesses to send money around the world, celebrated reaching 100,000 customers in 96 countries, by launching a first-of-its-kind rewards program, VeemRewards. The VeemRewards program gives businesses cash back for managing their business payments through Veem …

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Vancouver-Based iATS Payments Launches First of its Kind Coworking Space Dedicated Exclusively to Nonprofit Organizations

Free of charge, nonprofits gain access to high-demand, modern office space and industry-specific resources to alleviate overhead costs and promote organizational growth VANCOUVER–iATS Payments, a leading provider of payment solutions for nonprofit organizations around the world, announced the launch of The Greenhouse, a first of its kind coworking space exclusively …

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Glance Technologies Previews Order from Table

Glance Technologies Previews ‘Order from Table VANCOUVER–Glance Technologies Inc. is demonstrating its upcoming Order from Table feature to select restaurants and has secured initial launch locations for this feature. Order from Table allows consumers to securely order from their table and pay for their meal using the Glance Pay app …

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