Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

154 results about this entity

Period: 31 Aug 2004 - 21 Feb 2025

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.