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A simple little switch. A really big reward. Get a 1% cash bonus for every employee when you move your company’s group plan to Wealthsimple for Business. It’s our way of helping you give more to your team — with zero extra paperwork or headaches. Get started before September 19. T&Cs apply. Get in touch with us to learn more here: https://lnkd.in/grUMihR9 Full T&Cs here: https://lnkd.in/gTDHrj9i

Meet Colin Bowness — a recent Wealthie award winner for living our value: The client, the client, the client. He leads our Client Experience team with empathy and precision. He’s the first to jump into a tough case, the last to cut corners, and the kind of person who never forgets that there’s a real human on the other side of every interaction. Want to learn more about values? Explore them here: https://lnkd.in/egGkC65

New look. Less noise. More focus on what matters. Update your Wealthsimple app to experience the new design. https://lnkd.in/gQxDdPmg

Meet the people behind the products millions of Canadians rely on every day. From shipping fast to solving complex problems, our engineers share what it’s really like to build at Wealthsimple — and what makes it all worth it. 🎥 Watch the video to hear their stories, and check out the latest on the Wealthsimple Engineering Blog: https://lnkd.in/gMU7vWWX

We’re celebrating the big 1-0-0. As Canada’s first regulated crypto platform, you can trade with total peace of mind knowing we were built with top regulatory guidance from the get-go. Explore over 100 cryptocurrencies (and counting) now: https://lnkd.in/gBhnirz4

Canada is at a crossroads. We have an increasingly complex relationship with our southern neighbour and a brand-new government — plus a housing crisis, an affordability crisis, and heaps of uncertainty over AI, productivity, trade, and the job market. But here’s the thing about being at a crossroads: it presents a rare opportunity to try fresh approaches and take fast action. With that in mind, the Wealthsimple Magazine team asked leaders across Canada how they’d transform the country’s economy if given the chance. Click through to read what they said — plus, let us know your big ideas in the comments: https://lnkd.in/g9dhFugx

Meet Karen Ho — a recent Wealthie award winner for living our value: maker-owner. As an engineer, Karen doesn’t just build great systems — she builds better ways of working. She sees the big picture, sweats the details, and takes ownership of the hard stuff. Whether she’s simplifying code, mentoring teammates, or pushing a project from “good” to “great,” Karen leads by doing. Explore our values: https://lnkd.in/egGkC65 

This week, we were proud to be an official partner of the inaugural Toronto Tech Week. From our CEO and Co-founder, Michael Katchen, taking the stage alongside Shopify President Harley Finkelstein and Cohere Co-founder Aidan Gomez to inspire the next generation of Canadian entrepreneurs — to welcoming nearly 100 engineers into our office to connect with our team — it was a week full of energy, ideas, and momentum. Thank you to everyone who took part for making it such a success! “We have a desperate need to build Canada and to really reshape our economy — and the only way to do that is through entrepreneurship,” said Katchen on Tuesday. Read more on their conversation in BetaKit: https://lnkd.in/gijzRcMc

The future of talent isn't a one-size-fits-all model. Our Chief People Officer, Diana McLachlan, recently spoke with The Globe and Mail on how we're building on-ramps to meaningful careers, starting with our new Launchpad program: a paid, year-long internship for recent high school grads. Explore it — and send any keeners our way: https://lnkd.in/gtF9JM6R

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