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Cybersecurity | March 6, 2025 Lessons From $35M Phone Scam That Used AI, Crypto, and Fake Celebrity Ads Gone are the days of obvious phishing email scams that are full of typos, conflicting domains and emails that don't match while urgently asking the victim to do something.  Scammers these days are getting much smarter and

The Education Department's role working on federal student loan borrowers' complaints is at risk after significant staff cuts under Trump, agency employees say.

Meta expects a market of hundreds of millions of small businesses where gen AI will directly interact with customers, says head of AI for Business, Clara Shih.

The U.S. is now home to almost 40% of the world's super rich, nearly double the share in China, which has the next highest contingent of multimillionaires.

As the federal government vows to to tackle rising prices, there are key steps consumers can take to bring monthly costs down.

The Federal Housing Administration, a major provider of low-down-payment loan options for first-time homebuyers, is facing a staff cut. What you should know.

Vopay | March 5, 2025 VoPay’s AI GPT Assistant is Transforming Fintech with Smarter, Faster, Fintech Integration On March 4, 2025, Vancouver-based embedded payment solutions leader, VoPay, has revealed its latest innovation, it's API GPT Assistant. It's an AI-powered tool designed to help developers integrate financial technology solutions quickly and efficiently. By using advanced language

Federal cuts to Medicaid would impact more than 80 million people who rely on the program. It may also negatively effect the economy, new research finds.

The 9 million federal student loan borrowers who are late on their bills may see their credit scores tank by as much as 129 points, a new report finds.

California paused a Biden-era home rebate program tied to energy efficiency because it can't access federal funding to administer the program.

March 5, 2025 iGaming is growing rapidly, driven by the increasing popularity of mobile gaming, the ease of online payments, and the introduction of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Two of the most important segments are driving this growth – online casinos and sports betting. Historically, sports betting accounted for the majority of money gambled at

Innovation | March 5, 2025 Canada’s Fintech Paralysis is A Crisis of Political Will and Competition The impetus for this article is a recent interview by the Toronto Star with EQ Bank's CEO Andrew Moor.  While everyone is busy dealing with the impact and new realities of North American's tariff and trade war, the primary

President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports took effect Tuesday. But actually collecting them is proving complicated.

After unseating Harvard, MIT is this year’s dream school, according to a new survey of college-bound students.

Economy | March 4, 2025 Tariffs Trigger Trade War and Shake Markets > What It Means for Fintech and Finance Canada is on the front line of a global trade war unfolding, triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump.  On March 4, 2025, the U.S. imposed 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports and a 10% tariff on