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    Leah Golob

    Reporter

    Leah Golob was a reporter at The Logic, covering fintech, banking and payments. Her beat encompasses innovation within Canada’s financial institutions, new players in the space and the shaping of rules that govern the financial sector. Leah was previously a freelance business journalist with bylines in The Canadian Press, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Canadian Business and many others. Before launching her career as a freelancer, she was a reporter for Investment Executive, a publication for financial professionals. In 2022, she won first prize in the short article category at the Portfolio Management Association of Canada’s Awards for Excellence in Investment Journalism and silver at SABEW Canada’s Best in Business Awards in the trade article category.

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    Articles by Leah Golob

    Briefing

    P97 Networks raises US$40M in round led by Portage

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/p97-networks-raises-us40m-in-round-led-by-portage/

    By Leah Golob   |   Mar 31, 2023

    Out in the cold: Facing economic headwinds, feds’ budget fails to address key innovation asks

    https://thelogic.co/news/out-in-the-cold-facing-economic-headwinds-feds-budget-fails-to-address-key-innovation-asks/

    By Jesse Snyder, Anita Balakrishnan, Leah Golob, Murad Hemmadi and Catherine McIntyre   |   Mar 29, 2023

    VC deployment, new research for universities and open banking go largely unmentioned as Ottawa pivots to a budget tightly focused on the green transition

    New regulations for payments industry too costly and burdensome for small startups, some warn

    https://thelogic.co/news/new-regulations-for-payments-industry-too-costly-and-burdensome-for-small-startups-some-warn/

    By Leah Golob   |   Mar 28, 2023

    ‘Instead of having independent businesses, you’re going to have businesses being [overseen] by the bigger players’

    A close-up photo of a person handing over a card to a server wearing an apron, with a keypad payment machine in the frame.

    Briefing

    Disney exits the metaverse amid company-wide job cuts

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/disney-exits-the-metaverse-amid-company-wide-job-cuts/

    By Leah Golob   |   Mar 28, 2023

    Briefing

    Wealthsimple launches private credit offering with Sagard

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/wealthsimple-launches-private-credit-offering-with-sagard/

    By Leah Golob   |   Mar 21, 2023

    Briefing

    Vancouver-based Operto Guest Technologies raises US$25M in Series B

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/vancouver-based-operto-guest-technologies-raises-us25m-in-series-b/

    By Leah Golob   |   Mar 20, 2023

    Briefing

    Stripe raises over US$6.5B in Series I as valuation falls by nearly half

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/stripe-raises-over-us6-5b-in-series-i-as-valuation-falls-by-nearly-half/

    By Leah Golob and Murad Hemmadi   |   Mar 16, 2023

    Briefing

    Kitchener, Ont.-based Shinydocs raises $16.25M

    https://thelogic.co/briefing/kitchener-ont-based-shinydocs-raises-16-25m/

    By Leah Golob   |   Mar 15, 2023

    The Canadian fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

    https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/the-canadian-fallout-from-the-collapse-of-silicon-valley-bank/

    By Anita Balakrishnan, Claire Brownell, April Fong, Leah Golob, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre, David Reevely and Aleksandra Sagan   |   Mar 10, 2023

    ‘No one wants to be the last to pull money out. This is a classic case of prisoners’ dilemma’

    With open banking looming, insurance brokers push to keep banks out of their business

    https://thelogic.co/news/with-open-banking-looming-insurance-brokers-push-to-keep-banks-out-of-their-business/

    By Leah Golob   |   Mar 10, 2023

    ‘It will be important that fintech companies operating in an open banking environment are accredited … and meet standards’

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