{"id":71297,"date":"2026-06-02T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/71297\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:35:10","slug":"robinhood-to-enter-canadas-investing-market-after-wonderfi-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/71297\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood to enter Canada&#8217;s investing market after WonderFi acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fce8850e854584a7b08a30322f54ae7d.jpeg\" alt=\"robinhood-0602-ph\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"720\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/> Robinhood Markets Inc.&#8217;s trading platform and app are coming to Canada. (Credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY\/AFP via Getty Images)         <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/tag\/robinhood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robinhood Markets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Robinhood Markets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Robinhood Markets<\/a> Inc.\u2019s trading platform and app are coming to Canada after it completed the purchase of the cryptocurrency trading platform <a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/tag\/WonderFi-Technologies-Inc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WonderFi Technologies Inc;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WonderFi Technologies Inc&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WonderFi Technologies Inc<\/a>. for $250 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">As part of the deal, both of WonderFi\u2019s main products, Bitbuy and Coinsquare, will fall under the Robinhood brand, while WonderFi will be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u201cWonderFi has extensive experience operating regulated crypto platforms that serve beginner and advanced crypto users alike, making it an ideal partner to accelerate Robinhood\u2019s mission in Canada,\u201d Johann Kerbrat, senior vice-president and general manager of Robinhood\u2019s crypto and international divisions, <a href=\"https:\/\/robinhood.com\/us\/en\/newsroom\/robinhood-enters-canada-completes-acquisition-wonderfi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said in a news release;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;said in a news release&quot;}\" class=\"link \">said in a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to have closed our acquisition and look forward to delivering innovative, user-centric investing products to Canadian customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The deal was first announced in May 2025 and received shareholder approval in July of that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Robinhood already has about 240 employees in Canada after the company opened an engineering hub in Toronto in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u2022 Email: <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/mailto:bcousins@postmedia.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:bcousins@postmedia.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;bcousins@postmedia.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bcousins@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robinhood Markets Inc.&#8217;s trading platform and app are coming to Canada. 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