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A Canadian dealer seeking approval to trade event contracts arrives just as securities regulators draw a hard line against sports and entertainment betting, raising questions about how prepared Canada's referees really are.
Money · Deals & Mergers
National Bank has authorised a fresh share repurchase programme worth up to $2.25 billion, arriving one day after its previous, larger buyback expired, according to the bank's own disclosures.
Money · Startups & Tech Money
The federal government says the Canada Investment Summit produced nearly $500 billion in new commitments and a sweeping tax deduction, though the announcement leaves the underlying breakdown unclear.
Money · Cost of Living
Royal Bank, TD, Scotiabank, BMO, CIBC and National Bank are jointly developing tokenized deposits, a blockchain-based alternative to stablecoins that regulators say changes nothing about how deposits are legally protected.
Money · Deals & Mergers
The ratings giant is acquiring the smart-contract security firm behind trillions in onchain transfers, days after backing crypto data provider Kaiko, raising questions about who oversees the code securing tokenized money.
Money · Startups & Tech Money
Canada's largest pension funds and banks have backed a new US$1 billion venture vehicle designed to stop homegrown AI companies from being pulled south for late-stage capital, though the fund itself is free to invest anywhere in the Western world.
Money · Cost of Living
Diesel costs have nearly doubled in a year and fertilizer prices are climbing again, hitting Canadian grain farms during a harvest already delayed by wet weather.
Money · Startups & Tech Money
Tetra Trust Company's Canadian-dollar token launched on Solana this week, extending a product backed by Shopify and National Bank of Canada that remains under provincial rather than federal oversight.
Money · Markets & Crypto
The Bank of Canada left its policy rate unchanged at 2.25 percent on September 2, 2026, but a summer rise in bond yields is pushing fixed mortgage rates higher regardless, exposing a gap between the headline decision and what borrowers actually pay.
Money · Markets & Crypto
The Bank of Canada governor called trade unpredictability a threat to years of economic progress just as the Canadian dollar fell to its weakest level since August, raising questions about how manageable the rate gap with the Fed really is.
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