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Canadian Payments Outlook – What’s Next?

March 27, 2025 - 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Regulatory changes are rapidly reshaping the Financial Services industry. Businesses must navigate new requirements, including the Retail Payment Activities Act registration rules for payment service providers, criminal interest rate changes and evolving consumer protection laws in Quebec. Understanding these developments is essential to maintaining compliance. Join the Blakes Financial Services Regulatory group for an in-depth discussion on upcoming regulatory changes and their impact on your business. 

 

Time  

Description 

11:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

Livestream Begins 

12 – 12:45 p.m. 

Presentations 

12:45 – 12:50 p.m. 

Break 

12:50 – 1:30 p.m. 

Presentations 

  • What’s New Under the Retail Payment Activities Act?  
  • Fraud Rules for the Real-Time Rail Payment System  
  • Phase 2 Changes to the Code of Conduct for the Payment Card Industry 

Mandatory Continuing Education

Ontario
This program contains up to 1 hour and 30 minutes of Substantive content. 

British Columbia
This program has been accredited for up to 1.5 CPD Credit Hours with The Law Society of British Columbia

Quebec
Please note that pursuant to the amendments to the Règlement sur la formation continue obligatoire des avocats (Regulation respecting mandatory continuing education for lawyers – available in French only) of the Barreau du Québec, which came into force on April 1, 2019, the status of “recognized provider” and the mandatory “recognition” of activities have been abolished. 

Blakes will continue to provide you with a confirmation of participation for your records. As stipulated in the above-mentioned regulation, members must preserve supporting documents attesting their completion of training activities for a period of seven years beginning on April 30 following the end of the reference period during which such activities were completed. 

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