Supervisory policies

• October 2, 2024

  Amendments to registration applications

  This supervisory policy explains how applicants should proceed when making changes to the information they provided as part of their application to become a registered payment service provider.

  Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Supervisory policies Research Topic(s): Registration
• October 2, 2024

  Criteria for registering payment service providers

  This supervisory policy helps individuals and entities determine if they are subject to the Retail Payment Activities Act and if they should register with the Bank.

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

  Record keeping

  This supervisory policy outlines what records payment service providers should keep and retain to comply with their record-keeping obligations under the Retail Payment Activities Act and the Retail Payment Activities Regulations.

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