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
Smarsh unveils AI tool to cut compliance alert noise
Gartner · Fintech · Risk & Compliance
Yesterday
Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks
Gartner · Fintech · Data Protection
Yesterday
Q4 upgrades IR sites to boost visibility in AI search
Gartner · Fintech · SaaS
4 days ago
Composable, process‑aware AI key to enterprise ROI
Fintech · Digital Transformation
Last week
AI in cloud ERP to speed finance close by 30% by 2028
Gartner · Fintech · Data Analytics
Last week
Expert columns
The future of financial literacy for women
By Monisha Sharma of Fig Financial
Today
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
By Janthana Kaenprakhamroy of Tapoly
Yesterday
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
By Swati Deshpande of Paynt
Yesterday
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
By Georgia Hanias of Ecology Media
Yesterday
Why fintech needs more women in the room where risk decisions are made
By Kristina Nikipolska of xpate
Yesterday
Where are the godmothers of AI in the tech industry?
By Elaine Mullan of Corlytics
Yesterday
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
By Leah Garrett of Dawn Intelligence
Yesterday
Give to Gain: Creating pathways for women in fraud prevention
By Mira Sidhu of SEON
Yesterday
Building trust & confidence in hybrid work for women
By Alison Morris of Worldpay (now a Global Payments Company)
Yesterday
Why digital identity is the new perimeter in a zero-trust world
By Jeremy Blackburn of ChainIT
Yesterday
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
By Natalie Ip of Valiant Finance
Yesterday
Why fintech must design with women's needs in mind
By Lisa Hannam of Neo Financial (The Get)
Yesterday
Moving the goalposts: Why the CRO role needs a rebrand
By Anna Porra of Paymentology
2 days ago
How resilient currency infrastructure supports access and trust
By Monika Speckmaier of G+D
2 days ago
International Women's Day: If women are not shaping AI, they will be shaped by it
By Wendi Sturgis of Yext
2 days ago
Interviews
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
Exclusive: Sage unveils AI push to empower finance leaders
Discussing Chief Financial Officer
Wed, 22nd Oct 2025
Oracle Fusion unveils AI agents to boost finance team efficiency
Discussing B2B
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
5 million Canadians bet on crypto. Where's the rulebook?
Discussing Crypto
Tue, 14th Oct 2025
Recent news
ACI unveils Connetic for Cards to unify payments ops
About Productivity
Yesterday
Addepar unveils Addison AI to power wealth insights
About Transparency
Yesterday
10x Banking marks 100th release with platform 10.0
About Blockchain
Yesterday
JFrog flags 13 critical CI/CD flaws in GitHub workflows
About Software engineering
Yesterday
Bybit says 2025 security drive saved USD $300m from scams
About Threat intelligence
Yesterday
Clearstream, DTCC & Euroclear set DLT interoperability plan
About Crypto
Yesterday
RedCloud hits 100,000 users as it rolls out agentic AI
About Big Data
2 days ago
Carta buys ListAlpha to launch integrated private CRM
About Customer Relationship Management
2 days ago
OpenID Foundation urges standards for digital estates
About Storage
3 days ago
Incode hits iBeta Level 3 with passive selfie liveness
About iOS
3 days ago
Bitget pushes Web3 gender inclusion with Blockchain4Her
About Social Media
3 days ago
MSCI to acquire Compass to boost multi-asset indexes
About Data management
3 days ago
Canadian small business sales see sharp 2025 slump
About Small Business
3 days ago
Ripple expands Ripple Payments with custody, collections
About Productivity
3 days ago
DTCC to launch Snowflake-powered equity data portals
About Business Intelligence
4 days ago
Job moves
Revolut seeks US bank charter & appoints new US CEO
Move at Visa
Yesterday
DTCC names Adam Watson to lead global asset services
Move at DTCC
Last week
MarketAxess names William Quan Chief Technology Officer
Move at Amazon Web Services
Last week
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
Azzet appoints Yvonne Howie to board for global push
Move at Azzet
Last month
Cruxy appoints Rebecca Osman to drive global growth
Move at Cruxy
Last month
Azzet appoints Henry Stoever to board for global push
Move at LexisNexis
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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