April 24, 2026 | NCFA Fintech Whisperer Weekly Intelligence | Payments And Market Infrastructure, Digital Assets Blockchain And Tokenization, Regulation And Policy, Artificial Intelligence And Data

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This live weekly NCFA intelligence page tracks financial technology developments that significantly affect how fintechs build, sell, raise capital, and operate under scrutiny. Coverage prioritizes Canada and includes global events that directly influence competitive conditions, market access, and execution realities across fintech sectors.  This page will be updated throughout the week with market movers in a live format and then each week we'll close the prior week's contents in prep for the upcoming week, and continue on a rolling basis.  (Missed prior week's Fintech Whisperer?  (December 6-12, 2025, December 13-19, 2025, January 1-9, 2026, January 10-16, 2026, January 17-23, 2026, January 24-30, 2026, January 31-February 6, 2026, February 7-13, 2026, February 14-20, 2026, February 21-27, 2026, February 28-March 6, 2026, March 7-13, 2026, March 14-20, 2026, March 21-27, 2026, March 28-April 3, 2026, April 4-10, 2026, April 11-17, 2026).

Weekly Fintech Market Intelligence Apr 18 - 24, 2026

Payments And Money Movement

RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence And Moves Toward Winding Up

• The Reserve Bank of India cancelled Paytm Payments Bank Limited’s banking licence effective from close of business on Apr 24, 2026.
• RBI will apply to wind up the bank and states Paytm Payments Bank has enough liquidity to repay its entire deposit liability.
• Depositor interest, public interest, management concerns, and failure to comply with payments bank licence conditions under the Banking Regulation Act.
• The bank had previously faced restrictions on new customer onboarding, deposits, credits, and wallet top ups.

RBI has moved from restriction to licence cancellation. Payments banks, wallets, sponsor banks, and fintech platforms should treat this as a hard reminder that governance, compliance controls, depositor protection, and supervisory responsiveness decide whether a regulated licence survives under stress.

FedNow Launches Network Intelligence API For Receiver Account Risk Signals

• Federal Reserve Financial Services said a new FedNow network intelligence API will launch on Apr 28 for early adopters.
• The API provides receiver account-level data observed over the service to help participants assess payment risk before sending.
• The tool is designed to support real-time decisions on whether to proceed, hold, or route a payment for additional review using internal data plus network-level signals.

Instant payments are starting to add shared, rail-level risk intelligence. Banks and vendors that can plug network signals into fraud controls and payment decisioning will gain speed without giving up control.

UK Unveils Payments Package Covering Stablecoins Open Banking And AI Agents

• HM Treasury set out plans to modernize payment services regulation through a single framework for traditional and tokenized payments, including stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
• The package includes work on regulating stablecoins for use in payments, giving the FCA new powers for the future of Open Banking payments, and exploring how payment rules should adapt to AI agents.
• The government also said it will bring forward legislation to cut administrative burdens for stablecoin payments and appointed Chris Woolard as Wholesale Digital Markets Champion.

The UK is pulling payments reform, stablecoins, open banking, and AI-agent payments into one policy agenda. That gives banks, fintechs, and infrastructure firms a clearer build direction for the next phase of digital money and payment rails.

PACE Act Would Open Fed Payment Rails To Qualified Nonbanks

• Representatives Young Kim and Sam Liccardo introduce the Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency Act to create a federal pathway for qualified nonbank payment companies to access core Fed payment rails.
• The bill targets scaled providers, including firms with at least 40 state money transmitter licences or equivalent state charters.
• Qualifying firms would operate under OCC supervision with safeguards including 1:1 reserves, risk management, record keeping, Bank Secrecy Act compliance, and consumer protection obligations.

The PACE Act would move direct rail access from a bank only model toward a supervised nonbank pathway. Payment firms, wallets, remittance providers, and crypto platforms should watch whether Congress turns scale, reserves, and OCC oversight into the price of direct Fed access.

Capital Markets And Market Infrastructure

CSA Lowers Active Trading Fee Cap For U.S. Inter-Listed Securities

• The CSA amended National Instrument 23-101 to cap active trading fees for U.S. inter-listed securities at CAD $0.0017 per share when the execution price is $1.00 or more.
• The amendments come into force on Nov 2, 2026, subject to required approvals, aligning with the revised U.S. implementation date referenced in the notice.
• The CSA received 10 written responses to its Jan 23, 2025 consultation and will monitor the impact of the fee cap over time.
• CIRO is also aligning Canadian trading increments for certain U.S. inter-listed securities with U.S. minimum pricing increments.

The fee cap changes the economics of Canadian order flow in securities traded on both sides of the border. Marketplaces, brokers, and trading firms need to revisit rebate models, routing logic, and best execution analytics before Nov 2026.

SEC And CFTC Move To Cut Private Fund Reporting Burden

• Form PF reporting thresholds rise from $150M to $1B for smaller advisers and from $1.5B to $10B for large hedge fund advisers.
• The changes remove filing requirements for nearly half of current filers while maintaining coverage of over 90% of private fund assets.
• Reporting requirements are streamlined, reducing data fields and compliance overhead for firms that remain in scope.

The SEC and CFTC are reducing reporting load while keeping coverage of the largest funds. That lowers compliance cost for smaller firms and shifts the reporting system toward large, systemically relevant managers.

SEC Updates Treasury Clearing Implementation Workstream

• The SEC opened comment on SIFMA’s request for targeted changes to the Treasury Clearing Rule’s inter-affiliate exemption and reopened comment on the Institute of International Bankers request on extraterritorial application of the trade submission requirement.
• The statement highlights operational constraints around time zones, the absence of 24 hour clearing, and legal uncertainty for non U.S. affiliate Treasury activity.
• The SEC also points to unresolved implementation issues including failed trades, clearing agency outages, and customer protection.

Treasury clearing is now forcing decisions on affiliate repo, cross border booking, liquidity management, and contingency planning. That puts market structure, funding, and clearing operations under live pressure ahead of the compliance dates.

Regulation And Policy

FCA Leads Global Week Of Action Against Illegal Finfluencers

• Seventeen regulators (including Canada) joined a global week of action that began on Apr 20, 2026, combining enforcement, consumer awareness, and education.
• In the UK, the FCA made 120 account takedown requests and identified 1,267 illegal financial adverts that reached at least 2,338,372 accounts, with 66% linked to firms or individuals already on the Warning List.
• The FCA secured a guilty plea from Aaron Chalmers, began criminal proceedings against 2 more individuals, and issued 34 warning alerts plus 14 updated warnings.
• Related - CSA and CIRO released updated guidance for finfluencers in December 2025.

Finfluencer enforcement is now coordinated across jurisdictions and aimed at the platforms as well as the promoters. That raises the compliance and monitoring burden for firms using social channels for distribution and puts more pressure on platforms to block illegal promotions at source.

Sapia Agrees To Pay £19.6M To WealthTek Clients After Client Money Failings

• Sapia agreed to pay £19,637,950 to WealthTek clients and received an FCA censure over failures in its client money controls.
• The FCA found weaknesses in role separation, payment approval controls, and checks designed to protect client money.
• The FCA said it would have imposed a £7,412,000 penalty without the voluntary payment and cooperation, and it completed the investigation in 12 months.

Client money control failures are still drawing fast and expensive action. Firms handling safeguarded funds need clean role separation, approval controls, reconciliations, and evidence trails that hold up under review.

FCA And PRA Streamline Senior Manager Accountability Rules

• The FCA and PRA confirmed Phase 1 changes to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, reducing overlapping certification roles by around 15% and raising many enhanced firm thresholds by 30%.
• The PS26/6 policy statement sets most FCA changes for Apr 24, 2026, with regulatory reporting and process changes applying from Jul 10, 2026.
• The package gives firms more time for unexpected senior manager applications, responsibility updates, criminal record checks, directory updates, and annual fit and proper checks.

SMCR reform is now moving from policy into implementation. Banks, fintechs, and regulated firms need to update role mapping, certification processes, accountability records, and reporting workflows without leaving control gaps during the transition.

CSA Investment Fund Disclosure Amendments Take Effect

• CSA amendments modernizing the investment fund continuous disclosure regime take effect on Apr 22, 2026.
• The changes introduce a standardized form for related party transaction reporting and remove certain class or series-level financial statement disclosures aligned with IFRS.
• The package is designed to improve disclosure for investors while reducing duplicative reporting requirements for investment fund managers.

The rule change is now live. Fund managers, administrators, auditors, and reporting vendors need to update related party reporting workflows and disclosure logic from this reporting cycle forward.

FCA Starts Second AI Live Testing Cohort With Major Firms And AI Native Participants

• The FCA selected 8 firms for its second AI Live Testing cohort, including Barclays, Experian, GoCardless, Lloyds Banking Group, UBS, and AI-native participants.
• Testing began in April and runs through end-2026, with an evaluation report due in Q1 2027.
• The cohort covers live use cases including investment support, credit score insights, agentic payments, anti money laundering detection, and Know Your Customer.

This gives firms a live FCA pathway for AI in production. Providers building AI for payments, risk, compliance, and customer decisioning now have a clearer read on how regulators expect live testing, monitoring, and evidence to be handled.

UK Moves To Enable Stablecoin Payments Within Crypto Regime

• HM Treasury published a draft statutory instrument to amend the UK cryptoasset regime and support stablecoin payment use cases.
• The amendments aim to reduce regulatory friction for stablecoin payments while keeping custody, safeguarding, and supervision requirements in place.
• The changes are part of the broader UK cryptoasset framework expected to come into force in Oct 2027.

The UK is refining its crypto framework before implementation to ensure stablecoin payments work within regulated financial systems. For fintechs, this points to a clear direction: stablecoins are moving into formal payment rules, not operating outside them.

OSFI Updates Insurer Reporting For IFRS 18 Standard

• IFRS 18 introduces a new structure for financial statements with operating, investing, and financing categories.
• OSFI is updating regulatory return templates for insurers to align with the new reporting standard.
• The changes apply from January 2027, with revised filings expected starting in Q1 2027.

OSFI is aligning regulatory reporting with IFRS 18. Insurers, auditors, and regtech providers will need to update reporting systems, data classification, and validation processes ahead of the 2027 transition.

ASIC Sets Roadmap For Digital Asset Platform Licensing

• ASIC says Australia’s new digital assets regime will bring digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms into the financial services licensing regime from Apr 9, 2027.
• The roadmap follows the Digital Assets Framework Act, which passed Parliament on Apr 1, 2026, received Royal Assent on Apr 8, 2026, and creates an 18 month implementation period.
• ASIC plans to consult on asset holding standards, transactional and settlement standards, and financial requirements, including segregation of client assets, reconciliation, liquidity, orderly markets, market abuse monitoring, and settlement arrangements.

Australia is moving digital asset platforms from patchwork treatment into a licensing regime with custody, settlement, market conduct, and financial resource expectations. For exchanges, brokers, custodians, and tokenised custody platforms, this raises the operating floor before the regime starts in 2027.

Digital Assets Blockchain And Tokenization

N3XT Launches Bank Issued Tokenized Deposit For 24/7 Dollar Settlement

• N3XT launched the N3XT Digital Dollar, or NDD, a bank issued tokenized deposit designed for real time U.S. dollar settlement across blockchain networks.
• N3XT says each NDD is backed one to one by cash or short term U.S. Treasuries and can support programmable institutional payments around the clock.
• NDD remains a bank deposit rather than a separately issued stablecoin. N3XT operates as a Wyoming state chartered bank and its deposits are not FDIC insured.

N3XT puts tokenized bank money directly onto blockchain rails while retaining the deposit relationship with the issuing institution. That operating model now sits beside tokenized deposits for corporate treasury being developed by much larger banks, but N3XT entered the market with a live product built around continuous settlement from the outset. The difference between bank issued deposit tokens and reserve backed stablecoins is becoming commercially relevant as both compete for institutional payments, liquidity and onchain settlement.

Artificial Intelligence And Data

Florida Opens Criminal Probe Into OpenAI After FSU Shooting

• Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier confirms a criminal investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT after the April 17, 2025 Florida State University shooting.
• Prosecutors issued subpoenas for records on safeguards, training, and how ChatGPT handles violent or criminal prompts.
• Associated Press reports investigators reviewed chat logs linked to the accused shooter.
• OpenAI states the system did not promote harm and says it shared relevant information with law enforcement.

This puts focus on how firms log interactions, flag risk, assign review, and retain records. See related coverage on AI escalation controls and AI chat exposure in court.

Conclusion

Fintech execution is getting more technical and less forgiving. Payments now need network-level risk data. Markets need tighter routing, clearing, and reporting controls. AI and social distribution need evidence, safeguards, and audit trails. The advantage belongs to firms that can turn regulatory change into product, compliance, and infrastructure readiness faster than competitors. NCFA offers various curated resources to help founders and investors stay current on developments that impact fintech markets, subscribe to NCFA weekly newsletter updates, view a rundown of current fintech news and insights, or dive into the latest fintech industry research.

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, artificial intelligence, 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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April 17, 2026 | NCFA Fintech Whisperer Weekly Intelligence | Regulation And Policy, Digital Assets Blockchain And Tokenization, Capital Markets And Market Infrastructure, Risk Compliance And Regtech

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This live weekly NCFA intelligence page tracks financial technology developments that significantly affect how fintechs build, sell, raise capital, and operate under scrutiny. Coverage prioritizes Canada and includes global events that directly influence competitive conditions, market access, and execution realities across fintech sectors.  This page will be updated throughout the week with market movers in a live format and then each week we'll close the prior week's contents in prep for the upcoming week, and continue on a rolling basis.  (Missed prior week's Fintech Whisperer?  (December 6-12, 2025, December 13-19, 2025, January 1-9, 2026, January 10-16, 2026, January 17-23, 2026, January 24-30, 2026, January 31-February 6, 2026, February 7-13, 2026, February 14-20, 2026, February 21-27, 2026, February 28-March 6, 2026, March 7-13, 2026, March 14-20, 2026, March 21-27, 2026, March 28-April 3, 2026, April 4-10, 2026).

Weekly Fintech Market Intelligence Apr 11 - 17, 2026

Regulation And Policy

OSFI Returns Non Bank Financial Institution Risk To The Foreground

• OSFI’s 2026–2027 Annual Risk Outlook names real estate secured lending, non bank financial institution risk, and liquidity and funding risk as its top priorities.  Risks outside the traditional banking system have grown, including areas where non bank lenders and investment funds rely more heavily on borrowing.
• The outlook links that risk view to live supervisory work, including a Credit Risk Management Guideline consultation open until Jul 29, 2026 and liquidity adequacy revisions taking effect on May 1, 2026.

OSFI has returned non bank financial institution risk to the supervisory foreground. That puts more attention on leverage, liquidity, and credit formation outside the traditional banking perimeter.

Digital Assets Blockchain And Tokenization

France Urges More Euro Stablecoins And Tokenized Deposits

• France’s finance minister flags the gap between euro pegged and dollar pegged stablecoin volumes and calls for stronger euro denominated digital payment infrastructure.
• European banks are being pushed to develop tokenized deposits and euro stablecoins as part of that response.
• A consortium including ING, UniCredit, and BNP Paribas is preparing a euro pegged stablecoin for the second half of 2026, while dollar stablecoins continue to dominate with significantly larger circulation.

European policymakers are now linking stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and payment sovereignty. If banks move on this, product teams will need to build for liquidity, redemption certainty, and distribution at scale.

FCA Sets UK Crypto Authorisation Path And 2027 Go Live Date

• The FCA said crypto will be regulated in the UK from Oct 2027 and that firms will be able to start applying for authorisation from Sep 2026.
• The consultation sets out guidance on which activities fall within the future regime, including issuing qualifying stablecoin, operating trading platforms, dealing and arranging deals in qualifying cryptoassets, safeguarding cryptoassets, and staking.
• The FCA said its rules for the future cryptoasset regime are largely complete, with policy statements due this summer and final perimeter guidance due in autumn.

The UK now has a clearer crypto timetable. Firms can see when the authorisation gate opens, when the regime goes live, and which business models sit inside scope. That gives exchanges, custodians, stablecoin issuers, and staking providers a more defined build and compliance window.

Pakistan Opens Banking Access For Licensed Virtual Asset Firms

• The State Bank of Pakistan said SBP regulated entities may open and maintain accounts for virtual asset service providers licensed by the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.
• The circular requires banks to verify licences, apply AML/CFT controls, and maintain segregated non interest bearing local currency client accounts for customer funds.
• Regulated entities must not invest in or directly hold virtual assets on their own balance sheets.

Pakistan has opened a formal banking channel for licensed virtual asset firms while keeping balance sheet exposure and client money handling tightly controlled. That gives the market a clearer regulated path for fiat access without relaxing the banking perimeter.

HSBC Expands Tokenized Deposit Service To The United States

• HSBC launched its Tokenized Deposit Service in the United States, extending a service already available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Luxembourg, and the UK.
• The bank says eligible corporate and institutional clients can move funds 24/7, domestically and cross border, between treasury centers and subsidiaries on-chain.
• HSBC says the service supports EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, and USD and is built to integrate with existing treasury and payment infrastructure.

A global bank has expanded tokenized deposits into the U.S. for real treasury and liquidity use. That brings tokenized money closer to core banking and cross-border cash management, not just digital asset experimentation.

SEC Sets Broker Dealer Boundary For Certain Crypto Interfaces

• SEC staff issued a statement describing when certain crypto asset user interfaces would not require broker dealer registration.
• The position applies to interfaces that do not solicit securities transactions, do not route orders based on transaction based compensation, and do not handle customer funds or securities.
• SEC staff said the position is temporary and will expire in five years if it is not extended, amended, or withdrawn earlier.

The SEC has drawn a clearer line around how crypto interfaces can operate without crossing into broker dealer registration. That gives wallet providers, front ends, and trading interfaces a more defined design perimeter, while keeping execution control, solicitation, and custody inside the regulated boundary.

Open Banking Open Finance And Data Sharing

FCA Publishes Open Finance Roadmap With 2027 Framework Target

• The FCA published its Open Finance roadmap (download UK Open Finance Vision PDF), setting out how data sharing will extend beyond payments into mortgages, investments, savings, and pensions.
• The roadmap prioritizes SME access to credit, faster lending decisions, and mortgage use cases as early focus areas.
• The FCA is progressing delivery through the Smart Data Accelerator and industry programs to test and scale real use cases.
• The regulator targets the end of 2027 for the regulatory framework to support the first Open Finance schemes.

Open finance now has a regulator defined build plan with a clear timeline. That gives banks and fintechs a window to develop data driven products beyond payments and reshape how credit and financial services are distributed.

Payments And Market Infrastructure

Movantis Adds Latin America Scale To Circle Payments Network

• Movantis joined Circle Payments Network to add stablecoin based settlement to its cross border payments infrastructure.
• The company says it processes more than $60 billion in annual volume, works with more than 70 money transfer operators, and supports more than 80,000 payout locations across 130 plus countries.
• The integration adds bidirectional payment flows and off ramp capability in more than 10 Latin American countries.
• Movantis says the setup connects stablecoin settlement to local fiat payout rails across its corridor network.

Stablecoin settlement now runs through a $60 billion cross border network. Banks and existing rails face direct competition on settlement.

Capital Markets And Market Infrastructure

Payward (Kraken) Buys Bitnomial To Secure Full CFTC Derivatives Stack

• Payward (Kraken) agreed to acquire Bitnomial for up to $550 million in cash and stock.
• Bitnomial holds the full set of CFTC-issued licenses needed to run a U.S. crypto trading and derivatives business: exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage.
• The platform will support regulated U.S. products including spot margin, perpetuals, and options, and will also be available to partners through Payward Services.

This gives Payward regulated U.S. clearing infrastructure that took more than a decade to build. That puts crypto-native derivatives closer to the core of U.S. market structure and gives banks, brokerages, and fintech partners a new route into regulated digital asset derivatives.

SEC Reopens Core Market Surveillance Debate Around CAT

• The SEC issued a concept release for a comprehensive review of the Consolidated Audit Trail and other audit trails and related data sources used in U.S. securities market regulation.
• The review seeks comment on CAT funding and cost management, regulatory purpose, structure and governance, design and scope, cybersecurity, data privacy, and the balance between privacy, civil liberties, and regulatory need.
• The SEC said recent changes reduced projected annual CAT operating costs by more than $100 million and permanently eliminated reporting of personal identifiable information to the CAT.

The SEC has reopened foundational questions around the main surveillance infrastructure for U.S. equity markets. That puts market structure, compliance technology, cost allocation, and data governance back into active review.

FCA Finalizes Clearer Simpler Short Selling Rules

• Public disclosure switches to aggregated data showing the overall size of net short positions in each company rather than identifying individual short sellers.
• Firms get more time to calculate and submit short position reports under the new timetable.
• Eligible market makers move from repeated exemption notifications to an annual confirmation.

The FCA has reduced reporting friction without removing oversight. That changes daily reporting operations for trading firms and market makers, and it forces compliance, data, and regtech teams to adjust how short position data is calculated, submitted, and published.

Wealthsimple Brings Trade Ready Cashtags To X In Canada

• X launched Cashtags with real time market data, showing posts, price charts, and asset context directly inside the feed.
• Smart Cashtags open Wealthsimple for Canadian users and take signed in users to a security detail page ready to trade.
• Trading remains inside Wealthsimple, while X acts as the entry point from content to execution.

The trade entry point is entering the social layer. X now controls how users move from conversation to market data, while brokerages plug into that flow to capture execution.

Crowdcube Connects Primary Raises And Secondary Liquidity Through LSEG Infrastructure

• Crowdcube can now execute primary capital raises and secondary share sales in parallel on a single platform.
• Transactions can run on its private platform or through LSEG’s PISCES regulated market, opening access to institutional investors.
• The platform supports both concentrated block sales and large-scale liquidity events involving thousands of retail shareholders.

Crowdcube is linking retail private markets with regulated public market infrastructure. That gives companies a new way to raise capital and provide liquidity without waiting for an IPO, and it opens institutional demand to retail-originated share flow.

Risk Compliance And Regtech

UAE Expands AML And Financial Crime Guidance Across Banking Stack

• The Central Bank of the UAE issued an AML/CFT/CPF guidance package covering proliferation financing, trade-based money laundering, correspondent banking, and customer due diligence.
• The package includes four regulatory guidance documents and two best practice manuals aimed at strengthening institution-wide compliance systems.
• The guidance sets expectations for risk-based frameworks, continuous monitoring of emerging risks, and stronger controls across cross-border financial activity.

The update raises the compliance baseline across multiple financial crime domains at once. Banks, PSPs, and fintechs operating in or through UAE corridors will need to adjust risk models, monitoring systems, and correspondent banking controls.

Conclusion

This week tightens the real constraint on fintech execution. It is no longer access or distribution, it is whether your product can operate inside the rules of the rails it touches. Payment flows now include machine-initiated actions, reporting regimes are getting simpler but less tolerant of errors, and market infrastructure expects you to plug in cleanly from day one. If your system cannot enforce permissions at the transaction level, produce a clear audit trail, and align with regulated reporting without rework, it will slow down as the market speeds up. NCFA offers various curated resources to help founders and investors stay current on developments that impact fintech markets, subscribe to NCFA weekly newsletter updates, view a rundown of current fintech news and insights, or dive into the latest fintech industry research.

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, artificial intelligence, 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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