Karsten Wenzlaff, Advisor
August 26th, 2025
Betakit | Jul 21, 2022
Though funding for Canadian FinTechs is down quarter-over-quarter, there is still a good amount of capital flowing into the sector—though it remains to be seen how the rest of the year will play out given the current turbulent economic and market conditions. Canada’s FinTech sector has entered a cooling down period, relative to the amount of funding activity in the country last year. Even on the international stage however, Canada continues to see much lower deals by number and amount invested compared to other regions.
Financial Times | Nicholas Megaw and Imani Moise | Jul 18, 2022
More than 30 fintechs have listed in the US since the start of 2020, according to CB Insights data, as investors flocked to companies they believed could benefit from a long-term shift toward digitisation accelerated by the pandemic. However, concerns about rising interest rates, lack of profits and untested business models as the economy heads towards a potential recession have put them at the sharp end of this year’s sell-off.
Shares in recently listed fintechs have fallen an average of more than 50 per cent since the start of the year, according to a Financial Times analysis, compared with a 29 per cent drop in the Nasdaq Composite. Their cumulative market capitalisation has fallen $156bn in 2022. If each stock is measured from its all-time high, around $460bn has been lost.
A second-quarter update from online lender Upstart last week typified the challenges facing many fintechs. The company, which says it uses artificial intelligence to make consumer loan decisions, blamed the “tumultuous economy” for slowing down revenue growth and driving up losses.
The pressures have also hit more well-established companies like PayPal and Block — formerly known as Square — which have shed almost $300bn in market cap between them this year. The decline in public market valuations has filtered through to private companies. Klarna slashed its price tag from $46bn to under $7bn in a private funding round earlier this month, and the Wall Street Journal reported this week that Stripe had cut its internal valuation by more than a quarter.
Some companies also face additional pressure from regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing perceived conflicts of interest created by “payment for order flow”, the main source of revenue for online broker Robinhood, and SEC chair Gary Gensler has called for clearer oversight of cryptocurrency markets. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also launched an inquiry into “buy now, pay later” firms last December.
The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA Canada) is a financial innovation ecosystem that provides education, market intelligence, industry stewardship, networking and funding opportunities and services to thousands of community members and works closely with industry, government, partners and affiliates to create a vibrant and innovative fintech and funding industry in Canada. Decentralized and distributed, NCFA is engaged with global stakeholders and helps incubate projects and investment in fintech, alternative finance, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer finance, payments, digital assets and tokens, blockchain, cryptocurrency, regtech, and insurtech sectors. Join Canada's Fintech & Funding Community today FREE! Or become a contributing member and get perks. For more information, please visit: www.ncfacanada.org
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FCA | Jul 19, 2022
We provide information about the timeliness of our operating service metrics (formerly known as service standards) in a range of areas. For transparency we report on both internal and statutory metrics, as set by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA).
This year we have made several changes to the metrics we report. This follows a review of our approach to performance reporting. Our intention in making these changes is to ensure we are providing meaningful measures on which we can be held to account. We have incorporated Enforcement data within our operating service metrics for the first time. This report covers 47 metrics for the 2021/22 financial year. We have achieved our Service Level Agreements (SLA) targets on 51% of metrics this year, which is a slight reduction from 55% achieved last year.

The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA Canada) is a financial innovation ecosystem that provides education, market intelligence, industry stewardship, networking and funding opportunities and services to thousands of community members and works closely with industry, government, partners and affiliates to create a vibrant and innovative fintech and funding industry in Canada. Decentralized and distributed, NCFA is engaged with global stakeholders and helps incubate projects and investment in fintech, alternative finance, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer finance, payments, digital assets and tokens, blockchain, cryptocurrency, regtech, and insurtech sectors. Join Canada's Fintech & Funding Community today FREE! Or become a contributing member and get perks. For more information, please visit: www.ncfacanada.org
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Senator Colin Deacon | Jul 17, 2022

In a continuing effort to ensure Canada has an effective and impactful competition law framework, Senator Wetson initiated a consultation to promote additional dialogue on paths forward for Canadian competition law in October 2021. This consultation was intended to inform future parliamentary consideration of the Competition Act in which he hoped to engage.
To stimulate this discussion, he commissioned a consultation paper during the summer of 2021 entitled Examining the Canadian Competition Act in the Digital Era, written by Professor Ed Iacobucci, former Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. The paper was widely distributed to stakeholders.
Recent years have witnessed a major digital transformation in the economy. These developments have corresponded with a greater interest in competition policy, and commentators in Canada and around the world have debated the merits of competition law reform in numerous areas. Building on this attention and focus, this consultation was intended to determine whether Canada’s competition policy framework, and the Competition Act in particular, remain appropriate in the digital age.
We invite you to review the consultation paper, its executive summary, a letter to stakeholders, the submissions received, and Senator Wetston's final commentary. Further developments related to this consultation initiative will be posted here.
Whatever is ultimately chosen, the emergence of digital markets, and the emergence of new economic and political concerns associated with competition policy, have put greater importance on amending the Act to clarify its purpose.
The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA Canada) is a financial innovation ecosystem that provides education, market intelligence, industry stewardship, networking and funding opportunities and services to thousands of community members and works closely with industry, government, partners and affiliates to create a vibrant and innovative fintech and funding industry in Canada. Decentralized and distributed, NCFA is engaged with global stakeholders and helps incubate projects and investment in fintech, alternative finance, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer finance, payments, digital assets and tokens, blockchain, cryptocurrency, regtech, and insurtech sectors. Join Canada's Fintech & Funding Community today FREE! Or become a contributing member and get perks. For more information, please visit: www.ncfacanada.org
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CB Insights | Jul 12, 2022

Global venture funding saw $108.5B raised across 7,651 deals last quarter — marking the biggest quarterly percentage drop in deals (and the second-largest drop in funding) in a decade. Despite this eye-opening decline, funding and deal totals remain above levels last seen in 2020.
US-based companies accounted for nearly half of all funding, with some of the largest rounds of the quarter going to Epic Games, SpaceX, and Intersect Power.
The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association (NCFA Canada) is a financial innovation ecosystem that provides education, market intelligence, industry stewardship, networking and funding opportunities and services to thousands of community members and works closely with industry, government, partners and affiliates to create a vibrant and innovative fintech and funding industry in Canada. Decentralized and distributed, NCFA is engaged with global stakeholders and helps incubate projects and investment in fintech, alternative finance, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer finance, payments, digital assets and tokens, blockchain, cryptocurrency, regtech, and insurtech sectors. Join Canada's Fintech & Funding Community today FREE! Or become a contributing member and get perks. For more information, please visit: www.ncfacanada.org
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