Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

147 results about this entity

Period: 31 Aug 2004 - 06 May 2024

RBC Wealth Management partners FutureAdvisor on digital advice pilot

The Royal Bank of Canada's American wealth management arm is piloting technology from robo-advisor FutureAdvisor.

RBC offers Apple rewards to cardholders

Are you one of the first people to line up at the Apple Store in anticipation of the latest iPhone?

Royal Bank of Canada and Uber introduce Bonus RBC Rewards Points

It's officially the holiday season, which means many Canadians are making travel plans to celebrate with family and friends.

Royal Bank of Canada rolls out conversational biometrics

Royal Bank of Canada is to begin recording the voice prints of customers as they dial in to its call centres, eliminating the need for passwords and additional authentication questions to determine client IDs.

More global banks back blockchain collaboration plan

An initiative to create a set of global standards for the use of distributed ledger technology in financial markets has picked up momentum, with another 13 major banks - including BofA, Deutsche Bank and HSBC - throwing their weight behind the plan.

RBC granted US mobile payment security-related patent

RBC today announced that it has been awarded a patent on its innovative Secure Cloud payment and security technology by the United States Patent Office. The patent covers use of secure tokens by our clients to facilitate payments from mobile devices.

RBC unveils new app for Android Pay

Consumers want mobile payments to be fast, easy and most important of all, secure. RBC understands this and has long been innovating in the secure payment space and has now increased security and accelerated sign in with its development of an app for the Android M Developer Preview, the next major release of its operating system.

Apple Pay coming to Canada

Apple is hoping to launch its mobile payments service in Canada this autumn, although the firm is still wrangling with banks over fees and security concerns, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Royal Bank of Canada adds HCE to mobile app

Royal Bank of Canada has implemented Host Card Emulation for its mobile banking app, enabling customers to pay with most Android mobile phones without worrying about being on the right mobile network or having the right SIM card.

Regulator gives green light to new Canadian stock exchange

Canadian regulators have given approval to Aequitas, a new stock exchange backed by a consortium of financial services firms that plans to take on TMX Group and keep out high-frequency traders.

Canadian banks to test heartbeat bracelet for contactless payments

Heartbeat authentication startup Bionym is to conduct a multi-bank trial of its wearable Nymi Band for contactless card transactions at the point-of-sale in Canada.

Royal Bank of Canada joins Ibos network

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has joined the IBOS international banking network to access the wide range of cross-border and local banking services, in support of its Canadian client base who are expanding their business globally.

RBC brings P2P transfers to Facebook Messenger

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has added a feature to its iPad app which lets customers send money to their Facebook Messenger contacts.

RBC preps cloud-based mobile payments service

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is preparing a mobile NFC payments service which will see sensitive user data stored in the cloud rather than the handset.

ANZ and Royal Bank of Canada to engage with IBM's Watson

ANZ and Royal Bank of Canada are working with IBM to test the capabilities of Watson Engagement Advisor for crunching account data and providing clients with relevant, nuanced answers to online and mobile queries.

Chase and la Caixa top mobile banking study; HSBC bottom of the pile

Chase has topped Forrester Research's mobile banking rankings, with Spain's la Caixa proving Europe's top dog and HSBC trailing badly at the bottom of the table.

Tradition launches spot FX trading platform

Tradition has launched ParFX, a spot forex trading platform with the backing of 11 major banks, including Barclays and UBS.

Tsys power outage hits Canadian Visa cardholders

A power outage at payments processor Tsys caused Visa's network in Canada to go down Monday, leaving customers throughout the country unable to use their cards.

RBC signs for Microsoft Surface tech

Microsoft has signed up the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to the latest version of its multi-touch tabletop screen Surface technology.

RBC goes contactless for Vancouver Olympics

Canada's RBC Royal Bank is set to introduce a pre-paid Visa contactless card shaped like a Coca-Cola bottle at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.