On April 30, 2021, the federal government introduced the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA) which is the first regulatory regime for retail payment providers in Canada. Tracy Molino and Noah Walters explore the pillars of the RPAA, including the actors to be regulated, activities regulated under the RPAA and regulatory procedures and mechanisms introduced by the RPAA.
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