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Financial Verification Platform VeriFast Completes $3.5MM Seed Funding Round Led by M3 Financial Group to Accelerate Expansion into Mortgage Underwriting

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

VeriFast Co-Founder Tim Ray said, Efficiently collecting and analyzing financial data is at the core of every business that requires underwriting approval of new customers.

Key Points: 
  • VeriFast Co-Founder Tim Ray said, Efficiently collecting and analyzing financial data is at the core of every business that requires underwriting approval of new customers.
  • VeriFast has multiple partnerships with leading proptech platforms in the U.S. and Canada to automate financial and KYC-ID verifications.
  • Based in Montreal, Quebec, The M3 Group is the #1 non-bank mortgage originator and undisputed leader in mortgage brokerage across Canada.
  • For more information on M3 Financial Group, please visit the company website at https://www.m3-grp.com
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Postal workers taking work/life balance into own hands

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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Postal workers, no matter what their job at Canada Post, will not work more than an eight-hour day and not more than a 40-hour week.

Key Points: 
  • Postal workers, no matter what their job at Canada Post, will not work more than an eight-hour day and not more than a 40-hour week.
  • Postal workers will refuse overtime, including letter carriers who have experienced so much forced overtime that some of them are not used to seeing their families before dark.
  • One of the expired collective agreements enabled Canada Post to give mandatory overtime to some postal workers, including letter carriers.
  • With the contract no longer in effect, postal workers have the right to refuse the overtime while demanding proper staffing and overtime procedures.