March 18, 2024 Fellowship Program: Award recipients Current and previous recipients of the Fellowship Program.
January 31, 2024 Risk management The risk appetite is the amount and type of risk an organization takes to achieve its objectives. The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) policy sets out the overall intent and expectations for effective ERM at the Bank of Canada.
January 31, 2024 Fellowship Nominating Committee: Terms of Reference The Fellowship Nominating Committee was established in 2003.
December 18, 2023 Securities Repo Operations: Terms and conditions Read the terms and conditions of Securities Repo Operations.
December 12, 2023 Case scenarios about agents and mandataries The following fictional case scenarios illustrate the obligations of registered payment service providers (PSPs) to declare their agents and mandataries. They also describe the situations when agents of exempted PSPs must register with the Bank of Canada. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Case scenarios Subject(s): Retail payments supervision, Registration
December 12, 2023 Case scenarios about affiliated entities The following fictional case scenarios illustrate what may be considered an affiliated entity, as defined in the Retail Payment Activities Act. Content Type(s): Retail payments supervision materials, Case scenarios Subject(s): Retail payments supervision, Registration
Decentralized finance: Innovations and challenges Staff analytical note 2023-15 Jonathan Chiu, Hanna Yu Decentralized finance surged in popularity around 2020. We explore its value and limitations and highlight some potential regulatory concerns. Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes JEL Code(s): G, G1, G2 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial stability and systemic risk, Money and payments, Digital assets and fintech, Payment and financial market infrastructures
October 16, 2023 Business Outlook Survey—Third Quarter of 2023 Results from the Business Outlook Survey for the third quarter of 2023, along with those from the July, August and September 2023 Business Leaders’ Pulse surveys suggest that on balance, firms are still planning to make larger and more frequent price increases than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, businesses' outlook for demand has continued to weaken as higher interest rates impact the economy. Content Type(s): Publications, Business Outlook Survey
October 16, 2023 Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Third Quarter of 2023 Consumers’ perceptions of current inflation remain elevated and are diverging from actual inflation. Perceptions of high inflation are also leading to persistently high expectations for inflation over the next 12 months. Consumers’ expectations for interest rates one year from now also remain high, and many consumers believe that the impacts of higher interest rates on their household spending are far from over. Homeowners with a variable-rate mortgage are more likely than other consumers to report being worse off due to high interest rates. Consumers’ plans to purchase services, such as vacations or concerts, are more widespread than plans to make major purchases of goods that are likely to be financed with loans, such as vehicles or appliances. Workers are reporting signs of job market cooling, such as more time spent looking for a new job, but they remain confident about the labour market. Content Type(s): Publications, Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations
October 13, 2023 Bank of Canada designates additional prominent payment systems Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem has designated Visa Inc.’s VisaNet, Mastercard International Inc.’s Global Clearing Management System and Single Message System, and Interac Corp.’s Inter-Member Network as prominent payment systems under the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act, effective October 16, 2023. Content Type(s): Press, Press releases