Canada’s Consumer-Driven Banking Act (CDBA) has become law


Written By Matthew Flynn, Simon Grant and Kwang Lim Canada’s Consumer-Driven Banking Act (CDBA) has become law. It was enacted on June 20, 2024, when Bill C-69, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024 received royal assent. The second quarter of 2024 also saw: Open Banking: What New Consumer-Driven Banking Legislation Means for Fintechs in Canada If your company is a fintech operating or hoping to operate in Canada with a business model that offers financial products, you should be aware that the CDBA could apply to your organization. The CDBA sets the foundation for a legal framework that enables consumers and small businesses to … Continue reading Canada’s Consumer-Driven Banking Act (CDBA) has become law

Fintech in Canada Q2 2024 | Bennett Jones


Canada’s Consumer-Driven Banking Act CDBA has become law. It was enacted on June 20, 2024, when Bill C-69, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024 received royal assent.The second quarter of 2024 also saw: the Bank of Canada lay out new retail payments supervision that will affect retail payments fintechs; and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission close its investigation into Ethereum 2.0. — Read on http://www.bennettjones.com/Blogs-Section/Fintech-in-Canada-Q2-2024 Continue reading Fintech in Canada Q2 2024 | Bennett Jones

AI Economic impact  missing 


/AI Economic impact missing – in progress Finance and economics | A sequence of zeroesSo far the technology has had almost no economic impact but … Move to san francisco and it is hard not to be swept up by mania over artificial intelligence (ai). Advertisements tell you about how the tech will revolutionise your workplace. In bars people speculate about when the world will “get agi”, or when machines will become more advanced than humans. The five big tech firms—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft, all of which have either headquarters or outposts nearby—are investing vast sums. This year … Continue reading AI Economic impact  missing 

Future Republican administration proposes support for military AI development


The results of this proposed initiative is directly opposed to current US policy and EU/ British policy which are focussed solely on restrictions and managing risk. This approach dubbed mini Manhattan Projects are a positive and will encourage broadened AI development in such a key area as defence. It is highly positive for silicon valley companies such as Palantir (Peter Thiel). After repealing Biden’s AI order, draft would create “Manhattan Projects” for military AI BENJ EDWARDS –  7/17/2024, 10:44 AM Allies of former President Donald Trump have reportedly drafted a sweeping AI executive order that aims to boost military technology and reduce … Continue reading Future Republican administration proposes support for military AI development

Risk to world order – “uncertainty about the role of the United States in the world”


Commentary from Dr Richard Haas in Bloomberg. His comments on US as a lynchpin are not supported by all, but they are factual since WW2, and likes of Bretton Woods, United Nations, IMF, BIS, thus do constitute a risk. ——————/———–/————— Even before Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, Dr. Richard Haass, a veteran diplomat and senior counselor at M&A advisory specialist Centerview Partners, had no doubt about the biggest short-term geopolitical risk “It’s the uncertainty about the role of the United States in the world,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg TV last week. “We have been such a … Continue reading Risk to world order – “uncertainty about the role of the United States in the world”

U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI


U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry The Federal Trade Commission will be primarily responsible for examining Microsoft’s and OpenAI’s conduct in the artificial intelligence industry. Grant Hindsley for The New York Times By David McCabe Reporting from Washington June 5, 2024 Federal regulators have reached a deal that allows them to proceed with antitrust investigations into the dominant roles that Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia play in the artificial intelligence industry, in the strongest … Continue reading U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI

UK opportunity – Ian Martin


This is Iain Martin’s weekly newsletter, exclusively for Reaction subscribers. A most clear analysis of situation and opportunities for Britain. Don’t blow it Sir Keir. It is the Sunday after the Saturday, after the Friday, after the long night before, and you have probably had enough of the UK general election by now. If you are in Britain and were watching the television coverage that means you had to watch 27 hours of Alastair Campbell, the former Labour spin doctor and now full-time podcaster, who was on everything every time I turned over. At one point he or a body double … Continue reading UK opportunity – Ian Martin

Patience pays


Temu has taught Amazon.com Inc. an important lesson: US shoppers can be patient if it saves them money. Source Bloomberg News broke last week that Amazon is planning a low-priced store for apparel and home goods shipped directly to US shoppers from China, signaling that the ecommerce giant is taking seriously the threat posed by discounters like Temu and Shein. Amazon helped change the way people shop by building a vast network of warehouses designed to stockpile products and quickly send them to customers. That model requires products manufactured in China to be shipped by sea in bulk to the US and … Continue reading Patience pays

A to A payments growth


Source: Panagiotis KriarisPanagiotis Leadership | FinTech | Payments | Banking | Innovation |Leadership | FinTech | Payments | Banking | Innovation | It’s an oxymoron, but in the era of AI moving funds from one account to another has been signaled as one of the major payments’ trends. Where’s the catch? Let’s take a look. Link Transferring funds between accounts is not a novelty, but rather one of the oldest and more basic payments’ use cases. And yet if you look at today’s increasingly complicated payments landscape, there is an entire debate going on, hooked on the principle that Account-to-Account … Continue reading A to A payments growth