The New Ontario Small Business Support Grant
The government is announcing the new Ontario Small Business Support Grant, which will provide a minimum of $10,000 and up to $20,000 to help small business owners during this challenging period.
YORK REGION FINANCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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The Financial & Professional Services sector in Greater Toronto’s York Region is over 6,000 companies strong; with 3,100 of them being financial, insurance, and accounting firms. You’ll find global corporations down to startups in the Region, supporting over 60,000 sector related jobs. There’s also a fast-growing group of companies focused on developing innovative FinTech solutions.
MAJOR FINANCIAL & INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT CHOSE YORK REGION
FINANCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SECTOR FACTS
York Region: Highest Number of Finance & Insurance Companies per 1,000 Residents in Key Canadian Hubs
Source: Canadian Business Count, Dec 2015
York Region: Highest Number of Finance & Insurance Companies in the Greater Toronto 905 Area
Source: Canadian Business Count, Dec 2015
Ranking of Census Divisions in Ontario by the Number of Companies in the FIRE Cluster
| 1 | City of Toronto | 4 | Ottawa Region |
| 2 | York Region | 5 | Halton Region |
| 3 | Peel Region | Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Count | DEC 2015 | |
- Second highest number of financial, insurance and accounting services firms (sub-sectors) in the Greater Toronto Area with 3,100 companies
- 60,000+ jobs supported by the entire Financial & Professional Services industry sector in the Region
- Key industry players with head/regional office presence or back-office operations in York Region include Aviva Insurance, Allstate Insurance, Bank of China, Combined Insurance, Deloitte, Desjardins, KPMG, MNP, nielsen, PwC, TD Insurance and TD Waterhouse, to name a few
- Fast growing FinTech cluster with over 50 companies including Canadian and global industry leaders as XE.com, Real Matters, Everlink Payment Services, Ceridian, Doxim, Giesecke & Devrient, Paymentus and Toogood Financial
FINANCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NEWS
Markham Headquartered Everlink and ICICI Bank Canada Partner to Launch Visa Debit Affiliate Program
DECEMBER 8, 2020 – Everlink Payment Services Inc. in partnership with ICICI Bank Canada, is pleased to announce the launch of the Visa Debit Affiliate program for Everlink card issuance customers. This relationship brings together ICICI Bank’s strong expertise in innovative solutions and its global partnership with Visa along with Everlink’s tenured knowledge and expertise in delivering turnkey card issuance and management services.
Newmarket Headquartered Ledgers Creates Partnership with U.S. Based Loyalty Business Services to Rapidly Expand Both Companies
Ledgers of Canada and Loyalty Business Services have created a partnership to rapidly expand both companies in the United States and Canada.
25 York Region Companies Make the Canadian Business 2020 Growth List
The winners of the 32nd annual Growth List ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies (formerly the Growth 500) are the most passionate, innovative and successful businesses in the country. 25 York Region companies made the list.
Markham Headquartered Everlink and FSS Partner to Drive Card Payments Growth in Canada
MUMBAI, India and TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2020 /CNW/ — FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a global payments technology company, announced today that Canada’s Everlink Payment Services Inc., a leading provider of payments solutions and services for Canadian credit unions, banks, and small and medium enterprises, has selected FSS’s Unified Card Management System to modernize card operations to support its future growth plans.
Markham Headquartered Everlink and Interac Corp. Announce Multi-Year Extension to Tokenization Service Provider Agreement
MARKHAM, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Everlink Payment Services Inc. is very pleased to announce a multi-year extension of its Mobile Tokenization Service Provider agreement (TSP) with Interac Corp. Since 2015, Everlink has extended and expanded its strategic partnership with Interac while continuing to play a critical role as a member of the Interac® TSP consortium. The platform enables Canadian debit cardholders to make secure Interac Debit payments with their mobile device or mobile wallet through a process referred to as tokenization.