Tag: Bank of Canada

LeapRate interview: Defense against toxic flow, Jeff Wilkins speaks
November 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bank of Canada, BoE and MAS share assessment on emerging opportunities for digital transformation in cross-border payments

The Bank of Canada, Bank of England and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have today jointly published a report which assesses alternative models that could enhance cross-border payments and settlements. The report examines existing challenges and considers alternative models that could in time result in improvements in speed, cost and transparency for users. The report,…

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BoC: Bank of Canada January Rate Meeting: What to Expect?
October 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group announces integrated securities and payment platform as next phase of Project Jasper

Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada and TMX Group (TSX:X) today announced a new collaboration to experiment with an integrated securities and payment settlement platform based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) as part of the third phase of the Project Jasper research initiative. Building on previous Jasper work, this phase of the project will develop…

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February 17, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Bank of Canada announces changes to its published FX benchmark

The Bank of Canada (BoC) today announced that, effective March 1st, 2017, it will make a series of changes to the number, frequency and calculation methodology of its published foreign exchange (FX) rates. Although these changes will not come into effect until 2017, the BoC is notifying the public now to allow ample time for users…

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