Royal Bank of Canada has spent more than two years building a fintech startup within its operations. RBC Ventures Inc. now has about 150 employees working on nine projects in various stages of development out of a glass office tower near Toronto’s waterfront, two blocks south of the bank’s headquarters. About 68,000 people in greater Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and greater Vancouver have signed up for GarbageDay, according to Royal Bank. Went Viral “When we looked at what things customers really wanted reminders about, this one item really, really resonated,” Dobbins said. “It went pretty viral.” GarbageDay has been incorporated into an RBC Ventures program under development called HomeSprout, which helps homeowners manage and maintain their home.

Source: thestar September 27, 2018 17:15 UTC