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Tokenization: unlocking value and legal challenges

Recently, the cryptocurrency market has taken to tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) such as stocks, bonds, farmland, and precious metals.

Criminal interest rate regulations published for consultation

The federal government published draft regulations proposing important exemptions from the application of the criminal rate of interest cap.

Compliance burdens for payment service providers under final Retail Payment Activities Act regulations

The final regulations to the Retail Payment Activities Act, published on November 22, 2023, ease some compliance burdens for payment service...

The future of payments regulation has arrived: final regulations to the Retail Payment Activities Act released

We look at the key changes between the draft and the final regulations, next steps and what payment service providers can do to prepare for...

What secured lenders need to know when taking a pledge of shares in Alberta or British Columbia ULCs

This article is intended to provide a high-level overview of key points of interest to a lender dealing with an unlimited liability company (ULC)...

CSA publish final derivatives business conduct rule

The Canadian Securities Administrators has published a final derivatives business conduct rule.

Amendments to British Columbia’s Securities Act grant BCSC new powers

On July 17, 2023, legislative amendments to British Columbia’s Securities Act, targeted at “modernizing” the statute and improving...