Approximately one in ten (~9%) of all Canadians lost their jobs in 2020 due to the pandemic. After leaving around 3 million Canadians jobless over the past year, the pandemic is proving to disrupt the labor market further – with employees taking the advantage. Employers are now...
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many industries especially ecommerce and mobile payments. For example, the US ecommerce market grew 44% in 2020 – nearly triple in spending from 2019. In the UK, the numbers are nearly parallel with the US at 46% growth according to...
Technology is quickly transforming every sector and education is no exception. From online curricula at every stage of learning that accelerates the pace that students can complete their education or virtual classrooms and learning software, technology is aiming to dramatically change how people learn. Perhaps...
This coming Tuesday, on December 15th, 2015 at ISACA Vancouver's December Education Session, Ryan Wilson will be teaching us and exploring the difference between PCI compliance and PCI risk Management. At this event, expect to learn about PCI Compliance, practical methods for risk qualification based on...
Since its launch in late September of last year, Apple has sold over 130 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus, boosting the company's revenue to over $130 billion (Q1 & Q2) by the end of Q2 2015. The extremely high Apple device count in use combined with...
With the new ever-growing tech atmosphere, small business does not look the same anymore. For example a small business is not necessarily defined as “a company with fewer than 100 employees” anymore. The infographic below provided by Salesforce.com explains this concept and digs further into...
Over the past few years we’ve seen several mobile payments ventures gain plenty of momentum but never take off or become mainstream. Another mobile payments system has launched today – Paym. Paym links your cellphone number to your bank, which enables you to pay with your...
About a year ago, Bitpay, a payment processor that deals exclusively with Bitcoin accepted it's 1,000th merchant. Today it has over 10,000 Bitcoin accepting merchants. This is testament to the gaining popularity of the decentralized digital crypto-currency. Bitpay differentiates itself from other payment processors by dealing...
Winnipeg, MB - Nov 21, 2011 - Kubera and VersaPay's mutual client Beyond Borders held its 9th annual Media Awards where Canadian journalists who cover issues related to the sexual exploitation of children are recognized for their admirable work. The Media Awards reflect how Canada...
Drink Espresso Bar calls itself "UBC's coolest and newest coffee shop". Not only is it "cool and new" it has the latest payment processing technology: Contactless. At Drink any customer with a Visa PayWave or MasterCard PayPass card can simply tap their card on the RFID...