We are well aware by now that Canada is short on cybersecurity professionals—by at least 25,000 strong—and the impacts are tangible. For example, a KPMG report found that 70% of small- and medium-sized businesses in Canada lack the skilled personnel to implement cybersecurity defences and monitor for attacks, a figure that is up from last […]
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Mastercard Launches ‘Enchanting’ Experience for Small Business Shoppers
Small businesses contribute more than one-third of Canada’s gross domestic product from the private sector. As the holiday season approaches, Mastercard is inviting Canadians to “step into a storybook world and celebrate the heart and soul of small businesses with an enchanting, immersive new shopping experience.” The finance giant is bringing this seasonal innovation to […]
Vancouver’s VoPay and Mastercard Partner to Simplify Money Transfers
Vancouver’s VoPay and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership that will simplify both domestic and cross-border money movement for businesses and consumers in Canada. Responding to the ever-growing need to move money seamlessly, the new partnership will offer choice, simplicity and efficiency for near-real-time money movement in Canada and internationally for businesses and consumers. Leveraging Mastercard […]
Mastercard and BCIT Forge Partnership to Advance Cybersecurity and AI Research for Digital Trust
Today, the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and Mastercard announced a partnership that will provide critical funding assistance for students in the School of Computing & Academic Studies, as well as advance research in cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI), focused on digital trust. “BCIT is a post-secondary leader in delivering applied, hands-on education that […]
Mastercard Goes Beyond The Card To The Blockchain
Mastercard has helped create trusted global standards in traditional card-based payments that have stood the test of time and today support billions of transactions per year. The global tech leader continued to put its payments mastery on display at their new tech hub in New York City for its North America Innovation Day last month. […]
Axis Opens Experience Centre in Vancouver to Tap Tech and Talent
Axis Communications recently celebrated the opening of its newest Axis Experience Centre. The Sweden-based tech manufacturer opened its latest Experience Centre in Vancouver. The launch marks the company’s second footprint in Canada. Calling the city “Techcouver,” Axis says the Vancouver region was “a natural choice to support its vision for strategic growth and innovation.” According […]
Mastercard’s New Experience Centre in Vancouver Showcases Local Innovation
Today Mastercard unveiled an “Experience Centre” that features emerging products and solutions securing digital payments on a global scale, including those developed locally in Vancouver. The Experience Centre is located within the company’s Global Intelligence and Cyber Centre of Excellence and gives the public a first chance to discover what has been brewing behind the […]
NuData Security Named Cybersecurity Service Provider of the Year
Vancouver’s NuData Security has been awarded the North American Cybersecurity Service Provider of the Year by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Acquired in 2017, NuData Security is a Mastercard company. Last year Mastercard announced that it would invest $510 million into its global technology centre in Vancouver, creating 270 jobs by 2029. The Vancouver office is currently […]
Meet Real-time 3D Leader Unity Technologies At This Virtual Job Fair
Tech Talent Canada will be hosting their first virtual Vancouver job fair on October 21st and they’ve announced the preliminary lineup of organizations that will be participating. Among the companies recruiting at the event is San Francisco-headquartered and newly publicly-traded Unity Technologies. The world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, […]
Mastercard Commits $510 Million To Vancouver Cybersecurity Centre, Creating 270 Jobs
In an announcement at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga announced that Mastercard will open its latest global technology centre in Vancouver. Located in the restored old Stock Exchange building, the new Intelligence and Cyber Centre is being […]