The Ultimate Guide to Fintech

2026 · Canadian Edition

Fintech, short for financial technology, represents a dynamic sector where innovation meets finance to revolutionize how individuals and businesses manage money. This tag aggregates stories that cover the broad spectrum of fintech developments ranging from payment solutions and banking technology to AI-driven financial services and cybersecurity.

Readers exploring this tag will find insights on groundbreaking startups expanding across regions, significant funding rounds propelling growth, the rise of embedded finance, and the ongoing challenges of regulatory compliance and cybersecurity in financial services. The stories also spotlight the evolving influence of women leaders and inclusivity efforts within the fintech landscape.

Whether it's about the latest in digital payments, collaboration between traditional banks and fintech firms, advances in AI for financial operations, or regional fintech ecosystems gaining momentum, this collection offers valuable knowledge for anyone interested in the current and future impact of technology on finance.

Canadian Fintech news
Analyst Insights
Temenos gains Microsoft AI Cloud core banking status
CCS Insight · Fintech · SaaS
4 days ago
Smarsh unveils AI tool to cut compliance alert noise
Gartner · Fintech · Risk & Compliance
Last week
Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks
Gartner · Fintech · Data Protection
Last week
Q4 upgrades IR sites to boost visibility in AI search
Gartner · Fintech · SaaS
Last week
AI in cloud ERP to speed finance close by 30% by 2028
Gartner · Fintech · Data Analytics
Last month
Expert columns
Conquer the KYB challenge: How smarter data quality fuels fintech integrators
By Bud Walker of Melissa
3 days ago
The amber problem: Why addresses alone won't solve cross-border payment failures
By Edmund Ng of Melissa
4 days ago
The future of financial literacy for women
By Monisha Sharma of Fig Financial
Last week
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
By Janthana Kaenprakhamroy of Tapoly
Last week
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
By Swati Deshpande of Paynt
Last week
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
By Georgia Hanias of Ecology Media
Last week
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
By Kristina Nikipolska of xpate
Last week
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
By Elaine Mullan of Corlytics
Last week
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
By Leah Garrett of Dawn Intelligence
Last week
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
By Mira Sidhu of SEON
Last week
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
By Alison Morris of Worldpay, now Global Payments
Last week
Why digital identity is the new perimeter in a zero-trust world
By Jeremy Blackburn of ChainIT
Last week
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
By Natalie Ip of Valiant Finance
Last week
Why fintech must design with women's needs in mind
By Lisa Hannam of Neo Financial (The Get)
Last week
Moving the goalposts: Why the CRO role needs a rebrand
By Anna Porra of Paymentology
Last week
Interviews
Experts: CAD token market growth hinges on clear rules
Discussing Stock Exchange
4 days ago
Confluent says data streaming will enable faster, better decisions
Discussing Business Intelligence
5 days ago
Composable, process‑aware AI key to enterprise ROI
Discussing Digital Transformation
Last month
Exclusive: TD's Josh Death on the patents that follow financial innovation
Discussing Unified Communications
Last month
Canada's extra cautious stablecoin path risks Web3 departure
Discussing BitCoin
Last month
Recent news
AI-fuelled crime drives illicit funds to $4.4 trillion
About Scams
Yesterday
Modern Treasury joins Mastercard crypto partner push
About Crypto
Yesterday
Cryptio raises USD $45m to scale digital asset ERP tools
About Auditing
Yesterday
Aon pilots stablecoin premium payments with Coinbase, Paxos
About Insurance
2 days ago
Finastra adds real-time AI fraud checks to payments
About Software-as-a-Service
2 days ago
RedotPay expands global crypto payments with new licences
About Digital wallets
2 days ago
Payoneer, FundPark launch eCommerce credit for sellers
About Machine learning
2 days ago
RateGain & Juspay launch RG Pay for travel payments
About Software-as-a-Service
2 days ago
Alchelyst merger creates unified private markets platform
About Productivity
3 days ago
Plaid, Perplexity launch AI-powered portfolio tool
About Financial Literacy
3 days ago
Creditinfo rolls out fraud & AML platform in Uganda
About Data Analytics
3 days ago
BioCatch unveils DeviceIQ to spot banking fraud pre-login
About Data sharing
3 days ago
Commerzbank deploys AI to sharpen money laundering controls
About Money Laundering
3 days ago
G2A adds Klarna to offer flexible payments for gamers
About Gaming
3 days ago
KX unveils agentic AI blueprints for capital markets
About Regulation
3 days ago
Job moves
Unlimit names Irene Skrynova CEO of global payments
Move at Merchants
4 days ago
Teciem names Didier Bouillard chair to steer growth
Move at Nasdaq
6 days ago
Backbase names Didier Van der Coelden CFO for AI push
Move at Capco
6 days ago
Revolut seeks US bank charter & appoints new US CEO
Move at Visa
Last week
DTCC names Adam Watson to lead global asset services
Move at DTCC
Last month
MarketAxess names William Quan Chief Technology Officer
Move at Amazon Web Services
Last month
Nium adds three C suite leaders to drive global growth
Move at PayPal
Last month
FDATA appoints Kat Cloud to strengthen open finance security
Move at Monetary Authority of Singapore
Last month
Ripjar appoints Matt Mills as Chief Executive Officer
Move at Featurespace
Last month
Searchlight Cyber appoints Michael Gianarakis as CEO
Move at Searchlight Cyber
Last month
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