Retail payments supervision materials

• August 21, 2024

  Case scenarios about securities exclusion

  The following fictional case scenarios illustrate the application of the securities exclusion in paragraph 6(b) of the Retail Payment Activities Act.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Case scenarios Research Topic(s): Registration
• August 21, 2024

  Case scenarios about remittance service providers

  The following fictional case scenarios provide examples to help providers identify whether they perform the holding funds payment function, especially in the context of cross-border remittances.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Case scenarios Research Topic(s): Holding funds, Registration
• August 21, 2024

  Case scenarios about payroll services

  The following fictional case scenarios provide examples of incidental activities under the Retail Payment Activities Act.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Case scenarios Research Topic(s): Holding funds, Registration
• August 21, 2024

  Case scenarios about e-commerce web building tools and payment gateways

  The following fictional case scenarios provide examples of payment functions, namely the initiation of an electronic funds transfer (EFT) at the request of an end user, and the authorization of an EFT or the transmission, reception or facilitation of an instruction in relation to the EFT. They also provide examples of incidental activities under the Retail Payment Activities Act.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Case scenarios Research Topic(s): Registration
• August 21, 2024

  Acquisitions of control and prescribed changes

  This supervisory policy explains how a registered payment service provider (PSP) should assess whether it will be the subject of a planned acquisition of control or a prescribed change.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Registration
• June 17, 2024

  Significant adverse impact

  This supervisory policy provides an overview of what the Bank of Canada will consider when determining whether a “significant adverse impact” is occurring or has occurred.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Enforcement, Supervision
• June 17, 2024

  Roles and Responsibilities of the Executive Director and Managing Director

  This supervisory policy outlines the roles of the Executive Director of Payments, Supervision and Oversight and the Managing Director of Supervision. It also describes their responsibilities related to the Bank of Canada’s retail payments supervision mandate.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Enforcement, Registration, Supervision
• June 17, 2024

  Issuing public notice of decisions

  This supervisory policy provides details on the Bank of Canada’s issuing of public notice for certain retail payments supervision and prescribed review decisions.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Enforcement, Registration
• June 17, 2024

  Enforcement tools

  This supervisory policy lists the enforcement tools the Bank could use if enforcement action is needed against individuals, entities and payment service providers.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Enforcement, Registration
• April 17, 2024

  Prescribed supervisory information

  This supervisory policy provides an explanation of the prescribed supervisory information provisions and sets out the Bank of Canada’s expectations for payments service providers’ compliance with non-disclosure requirements related to prescribed supervisory information under subsection 64(1) of the Retail Payment Activities Act and sections 37 to 38 of the Retail Payment Activities Regulations.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Supervision