On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2018. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Mike ↗
In their words
revenue in payments is sixteen point four billion dollars a year so if you did measure payments as an industry we would be somewhere between crop agriculture and telecommunications
you can make a really good argument I think that banks exist to serve payments
Quick answers
What was Mike Bradley's role when he spoke at TechTO?
Senior Advisor at Payments Canada. TechTO's listing for FintechTO on 23 July 2018 gives that title; on stage he said only that he worked for Payments Canada, which manages clearing and settlement between banks and was partway through modernising those systems.
What did he tell the FintechTO audience?
That payments in Canada earn $16.4 billion a year in revenue, which would place it between crop agriculture and telecommunications as an industry. He put credit cards at $5.3 billion, mostly interchange, and bank package-plan and transaction fees at $6.4 billion (FintechTO stage, July 2018).
Did he think fintech had to be disruptive?
Not necessarily. He told the audience that bankers were looking to innovate and change how things are done, and that it was just not easy inside a large institution (FintechTO stage, July 2018).
Where is he now?
Not established. Mike Bradley is a common name, and no source that could be checked in October 2026 ties a later role to the person who gave this talk.