Federal government introduces new legislation aimed at governing privacy, AI
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Ecosystem fears SDTC funding gap, FinTechs rally against open banking delays

Plus: Hugging Face’s Sasha Luccioni on tracking the ethical and environmental impacts of AI. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s open banking lead extends his term as delays continue

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Payments Canada announces global firm Tata Consultancy Services will lead the integration of the Real-Time Rail system
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Canadian FinTech companies launch open banking public action campaign as delays continue

Wealthsimple, EQ Bank, Xero Canada, Borrowell, Fintechs Canada, and others are taking matters into their own hands. A group of Canada’s largest FinTech companies…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s Real-Time Rail delays are an unmitigated disaster

Plus: Shopify is offering open banking solutions (but not in Canada). Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news…

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Payments Canada announces global firm Tata Consultancy Services will lead the integration of the Real-Time Rail system
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Payments Canada delays Real-Time Rail payment system launch (again)

PayTechs of Canada executive director calls process “disappointing” and “absurd.” Payments Canada has delayed the launch of the forthcoming Real-Time Rail (RTR) payment system,…

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