Canadian Lenders Association Summit Recap – deBanked Magazine & Sean Murray

November 25th 2019 at 3:10pm Published by sharpshooteradmin

The Canadian Lenders Association’s largest annual event brought together hundreds of executives from the fintech and funding industries. It was hosted at MaRS, a dedicated launchpad for startups in Downtown Toronto that occupies more than 1.5 million square feet and is home to more than 120 tenants, many of which are global tech companies.

After OnDeck Canada CEO Neil Wechsler was introduced as the new chairman of the association, the day kicked off with a presentation by Craig Alexander, the Chief Economist of Deloitte Canada. Alexander explained that after some major warning signs sounded off late last year and early this year, Canadian growth and positive economic indicators have returned. He opined that politics in Canada and the United States will play a strong role in the economic outcomes of both countries going forward.

Panels on a variety of topics dominated the rest of the day with an interlude keynote from author Alex Tapscott who spoke about the financial services revolution.

The sessions concluded with an award ceremony focused around the Top 25 Company Leaders in funding and the Top 25 Executive Leaders in Funding. The Canadian Lenders Association will make videos of the sessions available online. deBanked was in attendance.

Written and Published by deBanked – Sean Murray. Sean Murray is the President and Chief Editor of deBanked and the founder of the Broker Fair Conference. Connect with Sean on LinkedIn or follow Mr. Murray on twitter. You can view all future deBanked events here.