Mobile payments: is there anything new under the sun? *

Canada - June 11 2012
In its report dated December 2011, the Task Force for the Payments System Review (Task Force) enumerated the development of a state-of-the-art mobile payment system as one of four requirements needed for the modernization of the payment system in Canada.

Co-authors: Ebad Rahman.

Is Canada ready for the paperless cheque? *

Canada - May 4 2012
The Bills of Exchange Act (BEA) in Canada is modelled on its English counterpart from 1882.

Is Canada ready for the paperless cheque? *

Canada - May 4 2012
The Bills of Exchange Act (BEA) was adopted in Canada in an era of exclusive manual processing of paper instruments.

Co-authors: Blair Keefe.

Task Force proposes overhaul of Canada’s payments industry *

Canada - March 28 2012
On March 23, 2012, the Minister of Finance released the final report of the Task Force for the Payments System Review, titled Moving Canada into the Digital Age, together with four supporting policy papers and its last two discussion papers.

Co-authors: Peter A. Aziz, Eli Monas, Blair Keefe.