PayPal has concluded its acquisition of Vancouver-based direct bill payment company TIO Networks, giving the online financial services giant new inroads for reaching lower income customers around the world. The deal sees PayPal buy all outstanding TIO shares for $3.35 per share in cash, amounting to a $302-million total. Recently, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman […]
Vancouver’s Yocale partners with Google on scheduling product
Vancouver-based Yocale Network Corporation has partnered with Google to rid customers of “scheduling headaches”. Online users looking for beauty and wellness services are now able to book appointments through the Google Search and Maps results page. Yocale, formed in Vancouver, is a popular online scheduling software for appointment-based businesses and their consumers through a cloud-based […]
Once again, Air Canada is on the wrong side of history
These days, Air Canada appears to be cruising. The company has been in the black for four years running and was again named top North American airline, according to one particular survey (more on that later). But recent statements by CEO Calin Rovinescu in defence of the much-hated practice of overbooking combined with growing […]
Subscribe Technologies CEO Paul Dickson talks to Cantech Letter
Software as a service. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that SaaS models were a novelty, today many sell-side technology analysts simply won’t look at a software company that doesn’t have such a game plan. The reasons are easy to understand, SaaS offers flexibility on price and customization for clients, as well as […]
Drone Delivery Canada CEO Tony Di Benedetto talks to Cantech Letter
The future is here. Or is it? One of the curious things about the world of tech is the difference between the hype cycle and the actual implementation of life-changing advancements. If you were to read nothing but Wired or Hacker News in isolation you would swear the days of The Jetsons have already arrived. […]
Justin Trudeau shows up on Quora to welcome software engineers to Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a Quora Q&A session on Monday, answering questions both light-hearted and personal but also some with added international significance. For sure, the man claims to have read “just about everything” by Stephen King, but he also believes strongly in Canada’s evolving relationship with Britain and the EU and, significantly, has […]
ABCann Medicinals CEO Aaron Keay talks to Cantech Letter
We are, by most estimates, in the very early days of Canada’s cannabis sector. The ride to date has been a wild one, to put it mildly. The valuations of many cannabis stocks -particularly those few that have been granted Licensed Producer status by Health Canada- have gone through the roof. Are they overvalued? Undervalued? […]
RewardStream CEO Rob Goehring talks to Cantech Letter
The pivot. It’s one of those particular technology soundbites that can mean nothing or can signal a lot. Some techs use it when their original idea is clearly spent and they have nothing new to replace it with. But others apply the term to describe a shift after the fact, to try and capture the […]
Mogo CEO David Feller talks to Cantech Letter
The fintech space can be a confusing one. On one side of the equation you have the Royal Bank of Canada posting the biggest profit in Canadian history. On the other, you have every shoestring fintech upstart comprised of two programmers and a dream boasting that the chartered banks are terrified of their unique brand […]
TIMIA Capital CEO Mike Walkinshaw talks to Cantech Letter
Wherever you go these days it’s hard to make a buck. The realities of a low-interest rate environment simply make money in the bank a losing game. And in Canada, indexing your money over the past few years would have exposed you to an historic drop in the price of oil, and the resultant job […]
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