Year: 2023

Are Lentils Going To Be A Chokepoint Amid Diplomatic Tension

Sales of lentils from Ottawa to New Delhi have decreased as a result of the diplomatic tension between India and Canada. Lentils are India’s primary import from Canada. However, India’s decreased purchases might result in lower harvest prices paid to…

India Warns Citizens In Canada To Be Cautious

India has issued a travel warning to Canada due to growing anti-India activities and politically condoned hate crimes and criminal violence in the country. The warning comes after tensions between the two nations worsened as each country expelled a diplomat…

Canada Orders Wealth One Bank Shareholders to Divest

Three of Wealth One Bank of Canada’s original investors reportedly received orders from Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s finance minister, to sell their holdings in the lender. Shenglin Xian, Morris Chen, and Yuansheng Ou Yang, the investors, allegedly received a request to…

RBC’s $10 billion deal for HSBC unit approved by Canada’s Competition Bureau

Royal Bank of Canada’s (RY.TO) (RBC) C$13.5 billion ($10 billion) deal to purchase HSBC’s (HSBA.L) domestic operation was deemed unlikely to harm competition by Canada’s Competition Bureau on Friday, paving the way for the nation’s largest bank to proceed with…

Posthaste: Bank of Canada may pause rate hikes when it sees this big data

The Bank of Canada will be attentively examining this data because it is the last significant economic data release before the interest rate announcement on September 6. The head of Canada and Mexico economics at Bank of America Merrill Lynch,…

Gap In Financial Literacy Causes Disconnect In Managing Debt, Budget: Survey

According to a survey by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, some Canadians might overestimate their capacity to manage their money and pay off their debt. 47% of respondents gave themselves an A or B for personal finance knowledge. However,…

Canada’s Critical Infrastructure is an ‘Almost Certain’ Target for Cybercrime

Ransomware assaults are increasingly targeting Canadians, with organized cybercrime activity posing a danger to national security, the economy, and essential infrastructure, officials warn. According to research issued Monday by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, during the next two years,…

RBC warns of more job cuts after beating profit estimates; TD misses

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) surpassed analysts’ expectations for third-quarter earnings on Thursday, thanks to cost cuts and higher interest rates but warned of more layoffs ahead as it deals with rising expenditures. The excellent results follow RBC CEO Dave…

TD Says It May Face Penalties Over Anti-Money Laundering Probe

In response to US authorities’ inquiries into its anti-money laundering compliance program, TD Bank Group (TD.TO) said on Thursday that it anticipates paying fines and receiving “non-monetary” penalties. The second-largest lender in Canada, TD, said as part of its quarterly…

Millennials set to face most economic pain in months ahead, RBC says

Rising interest rates would make millennials and younger Generation X individuals more vulnerable to losing their jobs should the economy experience a dramatic slowdown in the coming months. In the analysis issued on Wednesday, RBC economist Carrie Freestone stated that…