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Digital Assets | Aug 27, 2025 Fintechs and Financial Institutions Need to Formalize Digital Estate Planning to Protect  Families and Clients Digital lives now include high value property and high emotion content. Crypto's digital assets and tokens sit next to family photos in the cloud and personal emails, but the rules for accessing them after

Aug 27, 2025 Canada is preparing for the launch of “Consumer-Driven Banking” in early 2026. This promises to be a system that will give people more control over how their financial data is shared. The main goal is to replace current risky practices, including screen scraping, with safe, consent-based data exchange. The government has made

More investors could pay 0% capital gains taxes for 2025 under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill.’ Here’s who qualifies.

Trump is the first president to attempt to fire a Fed governor since Congress established the central bank in 1913, Evercore ISI said.

NCFA Canada | Craig Asano | August 26, 20265 TORONTO, AUG 26, 2025 – The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA) today announced that Karsten Wenzlaff, Secretary-General of Digital Invest Germany, has joined the Association’s Advisory Group to advise on global crowdfunding, fintech policy, and international collaboration (view profile). “We are excited to

AI | Aug 26, 2025 Perplexity’s 80/20 Publisher Program 'Comet Plus' Sets a New Standard for AI-Publisher Partnerships On Aug 25 2025, Perplexity announced the launch of Comet Plus, a $5 per month subscription service that commits to paying 80% of revenue to publishers while Perplexity retains 20% for compute and platform costs. The company

A "set-it-and-forget-it" strategy focused on the S&P 500 may no longer work in today's market, depending on your time horizon, according to Morgan Stanley.

When most people hear the words “artificial intelligence” (AI), their minds may immediately jump to AI chatbots like ChatGPT. These chatbots have been a visible, consumer-facing example of AI’s power, bringing knowledge and access to a technology that once felt … Continue reading →

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The singer announced her engagement to football player Travis Kelce.

Aug 26, 2025 Two of Canada’s largest banks, RBC and BMO, are currently exploring the possibility of selling their joint payments processing venture, Moneris. If the deal follows through, it could potentially be valued at around $2 billion, which would be a record-breaking transaction in Canadian history. How Things Are Currently At the moment, no

Delays in student loan forgiveness could leave borrowers with an unexpected bill to the IRS.

Some workers are experiencing a trend called "quiet cracking," which refers to a sense of disengagement and poor satisfaction in the job. Here's what to know.

Roth 401(k) and Roth IRA contributions can provide future tax-free growth. Here’s how to decide the best option for your retirement savings.

Aug 25, 2025 Canada Must Build Up Data, Talent, and Fintech Trust as U.S. Expertise Fades Nearly three decades ago, Carl Sagan warned in The Demon-Haunted World (1996) that when technological power is concentrated in a few hands and public institutions lose expertise, societies risk “sliding, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.” On

Semi Conductor Chips | Aug 25, 2025 On August 22, 2025, Intel announced a historic investment deal with the U.S. government. Washington will convert $8.9 billion of grants from the CHIPS and Science Act and funds awarded under the Secure Enclave program into an equity stake. That adds up to $11.1 billion when combined with