On the TechTO stage ×2
Darrell MacMullin of Goldmoney presents How can a Fintech make a real impact in financial services?
Watch on YouTube ↗Darrell MacMullin of SecureKey Technologies presents Lessons Learned in Digital Identity
Watch on YouTube ↗First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Darrell ↗
In their words
When you're building something like this, it's based on trust. Trust doesn't move at the speed of technology. It just doesn't. You can build the coolest thing, but it takes a while for people to trust you.
Everyone in this room probably has between a hundred and 120 online accounts where their information has been copied and stored.
I think we think too small. We're solving a problem just for this community, and I think there's an opportunity for this community to get together and actually scale things much, much bigger.
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
What is Darrell MacMullin known for?
Launching and running PayPal in Canada through its first eight years, then becoming CEO of BitGold in June 2015 — the company that was renamed Goldmoney. He later ran strategy and go-to-market at SecureKey Technologies, the Toronto company behind the Verified.Me digital identity network.
What does Darrell MacMullin do now?
He is SVP, Commercial and New Payment Flows at Mastercard Canada, working on how money moves for consumers and businesses in Canada and across borders. Title verified against a Mastercard–BMO announcement dated 30 July 2025.
How many times has Darrell MacMullin spoken at TechTO?
Twice. A July 2016 talk on how a fintech can make a real impact in financial services, given while he was CEO of Goldmoney, and a January 2019 FintechTO talk, 'Lessons Learned in Digital Identity', given while he was at SecureKey Technologies.
What did Darrell MacMullin do before fintech?
He was part of the early e-commerce launches at Chapters and eBay in Canada. On the TechTO stage in 2019 he described being one of about ten people in the back of a book warehouse near the airport, trying to figure out how to ship books before Amazon existed in Canada.