The Rise of the Virtual Prepaid Market
The Canadian payments market, reflecting trends seen globally, has embraced one buzzword that has defined payments innovation in a COVID-era: Acceleration.
Read articleThe Canadian payments market, reflecting trends seen globally, has embraced one buzzword that has defined payments innovation in a COVID-era: Acceleration.
Read articleCanadian fintech and digital payments company Mogo announced its investment in the digital asset trading platform Coinsquare.
KOHO, a quickly scaling FinTech company that offers Canadians an alternative to their traditional banking experience, announced the launch of its first credit building product, KOHO Credi...
Open Banking Initiative Canada (OBIC), a not-for-profit organization aimed at promoting and driving the development of open banking in Canda, has appointed Tara Wilson, COO of Income Acce...
The CIO Strategy Council has approved the development of a new series of national standards for enabling customer-directed finance — or open banking — framework for Canada.
Peoples Trust Company, part of Peoples Group, announced that certain general purpose reloadable prepaid card products to be eligible for CDIC insurance.
Blackhawk Network has launched it new Canadian virtual prepaid Mastercard aimed at delivering consumers fast, flexible digital rewards and incentives.
CPPO has partnered with the Fintech Growth Syndicate to refresh the 2020 Prepaid Heatmap for 2021. See if your company is on the list. Get your copy of the newly refreshed heatmap, availa...
The Canadian Open-Loop Prepaid Market: 2019 reveals $4.8 billion in total dollars loaded onto open-loop prepaid cards. According to the study commissioned by the CPPO and conducted by Mer...
The Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization (CPPO) released the first-ever Canadian prepaid heatmap as industry reaches almost C$5B in loads. The research captures 74 incumbents and new f...
As countries around the world unveil Coronavirus stimulus measures, the need to get emergency relief funds to those in need has been brought sharply into focus. The International Working ...
The paper is designed to help key beneficiaries of ISO 20022, corporations and governments identify opportunities to achieve the financial, operational and customer service benefits offer...
According to the study, 75 per cent of Canadians spending less than pre-pandemic; 62 per cent using less cash; 42 per cent avoid shopping at places that don’t accept contactless payments.
The gaps in the Canadian payments infrastructure are substantial. Finding common ground toward a financial ecosystem that works for all stakeholders is critical in making an open banking ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated the development of ubiquitous e-commerce and contactless payment solutions by an estimated 3-5 years. Learn what payments experts say thi...
Results from a recent Payments Canada survey indicate how consumer payment preferences have and will continue to shift as a result of the pandemic. Overall, the results indicate a payment...
Amid the global economic challenges, the prepaid market is poised to make its digital payments mark in 2021 as the world looks to continue navigating pandemic-induced financial uncertaint...
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Before the pandemic, Canada had already adopted contactless payments but usage has accelerated significantly due to COVID-19, a trend seen in many countries.
Save the date to join FSS and the Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization (CPPO) for a webinar on January 19 that explores implications of the emergent landscape on prepaid issuers and th...
In the final Keynote of the 2020 CPPO Prepaid Symposium, Sue Kelsey of Mastercard delivers insights from across continents to help set the stage for what a prepaid future in Canada could ...
In this 2020 CPPO Symposium session, BankMobile and Ubiquity share a case study on how the digital bank is driving record breaking Net Promoter Scores by focusing on mission, culture, cal...
This 2020 CPPO Symposium session explores how financial institutions are speeding innovation in the next wave of the digital era to enhance customer engagement and the customer experience.
This discussion features two of the CPPO’s top legal and government relations advisors and covers the federal regulatory environment, provincial harmonization of GPR rules and how the pay...
In this exclusive and candid discussion, Canada’s payment system regulators, policymakers, operators and the Canadian paytech industry face off with their best arguments for how to modern...
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