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Wise gains Payments Canada membership to target RTR

Canadian customers could get faster, cheaper transfers as Wise moves closer to direct access to the country’s real-time payments network.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026

Data Analytics

Mphasis buys Theory & Practise to boost AI decision layer

The deal gives Mphasis a decision-intelligence platform aimed at helping clients improve pricing, forecasting and supply-chain choices with AI.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026

EduTech

Canadian employers face fiercer battle for tech talent

Hybrid working is emerging as a key draw for Canadian tech staff, with most business leaders saying flexibility now rivals pay in recruitment.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026

Hyperscale

Canada tech boards urged to tackle growing climate risk

Boards at Canadian technology firms face rising financial and regulatory pressure as extreme weather, AI power demand and disclosure rules intensify.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026

Data Protection

TD adds Google virtual card numbers for Canadian shoppers

Canadian shoppers can now use tokenised Visa details at checkout in Chrome and Android, reducing card exposure to merchants.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026

Digital Transformation

Canadian cyberattacks surge 80% as cloud risks grow

Downtime and breach risk are rising even as Canadian enterprises boost security budgets, with cloud incidents now hitting record levels.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026

Digital Transformation

AI hallucinations 'symptom not disease' in Canada's courts

Canadian courts are treating AI mistakes as a human responsibility, after chatbot errors and false citations have already triggered damages and costs awards.

By Jake MacAndrew • 6 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

Cartech

Ottawa backs Siemens battery AI R&D with CAD $23M in funding

The funding is set to safeguard thousands of jobs as Canada pushes to bolster its battery supply chain and EV manufacturing base.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

Hyperscale

Float launches AI tool to automate Canadian tax coding

Canadian finance teams could save hours of month-end admin as Float’s new AI tool auto-codes card transactions with 90% precision.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

DataCentre infrastructure

Yondr energises first Canadian data centre in Toronto

Toronto will gain 27MW of new capacity in mid-2026 as Yondr enters Canada with a campus designed to curb water use and meet green standards.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Robotic Process Automation

Maket launches Version 2 of AI home design platform

Homeowners can now draft and revise layouts in plain language as the Montreal startup’s latest release bundles planning, editing and visualisation.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Apr 2026

Global Stories

Canada stories

Digital Transformation

Sage launches HCM platform for mid-market businesses

Mid-market firms in North America can now link HR, payroll and finance data in one system, helping to cut manual work and compliance risks.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Apr 2026

Endpoint Protection

VIPRE report says attackers shift to trusted services

Attackers are leaning on trusted web services and familiar brands to slip past filters, with phishing and spam still dominating inbox threats.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

Customer Experience

MiQ says marketing funnel no longer matches consumers

Consumers now switch between screens and shopping modes so quickly that MiQ says advertisers are misreading how purchases really happen.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

Amazon

Amazon & NHLPA expand community ties across 32 cities

More grassroots hockey groups will benefit as the pair pledges CAD $1 million for charities in every NHL market from 2026/2027.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026

Hybrid Cloud

Oracle & Google Cloud add Gemini Enterprise database agent

Enterprise users can now query Oracle databases in natural language through Gemini, without moving data or writing SQL, as the partners expand their cloud tie-up.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2026