Equity Capital Markets Blog

We are pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Karan Khiani as the Company's Vice President of Solutions Engineering and Mr. William Van Horne as the Company's Corporate Secretary.  

Electronic signatures have been around for some time, and even though their use can drastically streamline paperwork and save time, organizations in the investment industry have been surprisingly slow to adopt them. 

Digital transformation is rapidly changing the way the investment industry does business and interfaces with their clients. Among the highest priorities for leading firms is the adoption of electronic or digital signatures rather than “wet” signatures. By introducing electronic signatures, the firm can move away from manual and paper-based, ad hoc processes that are plagued with deficiencies, compliance risks, and frustrations by all those involved.

The US Security Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally reached a decision to implement proposed amendments to the exempt offerings framework. These changes have been advocated by numerous groups over the last few years to increase activity and interest in these progressive regulations, particularly by larger and more established investment dealers.

As social distancing and remote working become a reality for firms in capital markets, those with strong digital operations will thrive and out-maneuver their peers in the near while developing a significant competitive advantage in the long term. 

We are honored to be nominated by Canadian FinTech & AI Awards for the ICICI Bank FinTech Company of the Year award and we’ll be looking forward to joining the 5th Annual Canadian FinTech & AI Awards on Monday, November 18th, 2019 at the Fairmont Royal York (Concert Hall).

Katipult has been selected to join other leading Canadian fintech companies at the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) from Nov 11 - 15th 2019 in the international pavilion.

Katipult has been chosen to join 11 other leading high-growth FinTech companies to participate in a trade mission to the UK from October 21st - 25th 2019. From across 5 major Canadian cities, these leading companies have collectively raised over half a billion in venture capital and are well positioned for global expansion.

It's exciting times here at Katipult as we are pleased to announce that we started working with a prominent financial institution in Canada, ATB Financial.