The most dangerous phrase in banking isn't "market crash" or "regulatory investigation"—it's "that's how we've always done it." While Canada's Big Five banks cling to their fortress mentality around crypto, a mid-sized Alberta bank just showed them what happens when you actually listen to your customers instead of your lawyers.
The Bank of Canada finally said what Canadian fintech executives have been thinking for years: our payment infrastructure is embarrassing. But this time, they're proposing stablecoins as the solution.
The math was brutal, and the solution was obvious. Yet it took Canada's financial sector until September 2025 to figure out what every security expert has been shouting from the rooftops: you can't win a war when everyone's fighting their own private battle.
Canada's business lending market has been frozen in regulatory amber since shoulder pads were fashionable. Still, OSFI's Peter Routledge just fired the shot that could finally thaw the $18 trillion SME financing desert. Here’s why you should be paying attention to the risk-weighting recalibration conversation (don’t change the channel yet!).
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is undergoing a fundamental restructuring that could reshape how global banks approach climate commitments. Here's what's happening and why it matters for Canadian financial institutions.