Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/sustainable

RBC to invest in in tech-based sustainability projects

RBC today announced its updated roster of partners for the RBC Tech for Nature program.

04 August 2020

Big banks back Canadian launch of Financial Data Exchange

Canada's big five banks are among 31 organisations onboard for the launch of Financial Data Exchange (FDX) in the country, vowing to work together to promote Open Banking through the development of a secure, common, interoperable, flexible and royalty-free industry standard for financial data sharing.

30 July 2020

News/cloud

RBC moves AI unit to new private cloud platform

Royal Bank of Canada has moved applications under development at its artificial intelligence research unit Borealis AI to a high-performance private cloud infrastructure with support from Red Hat and Nvidia.

24 July 2020

Company announcement/retail

RBC launches new virtual resource hub for Canadian youth

RBC Future Launch has launched a new, online resource hub dedicated to youth-focused virtual programming and learning opportunities – RBC Future Launch at Home.

29 April 2020

News/retail

RBC offers biz clients access to Wello telemedicine platform

With Covid-19 making face-to-face meetings more difficult, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is offering its business clients access to telemedicine platform Wello.

27 April 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

RBC, Scotiabank introduce online enrollment for emergency business loans

RBC announced today that the online-only enrollment process to participate in the Government of Canada’s Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) will be live on April 9, 2020 via RBC Online Banking for Business.

09 April 2020

News/retail

Covid-19: Canadian banks close some branches, cut hours at others

Canada's six biggest banks are closing some branches and reducing operating hours at others in an effort to promote social distancing and control the spread of Covid-19.

19 March 2020

News/identity

RBC rolls out digital ID verification for account opening

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is using AI and NFC technology to let clients digitally verify their identities when their open accounts in branch.

16 March 2020

Company announcement/payments

RBC Ventures eases the pain for physicians with acquisition of Dr Bill

RBC Ventures has acquired Dr. Bill, a premium billing solution that simplifies and streamlines the billing and payment process for Canada’s medical community.

25 February 2020

Company announcement/payments

RBC first in Canada to offer Interac e-Transfer: Bulk Request Money feature

There are many tasks involved in running a smooth business operation. Among them is the efficient and cost-effective management of accounts receivables which is critical to maintaining a healthy cash flow.

13 February 2020

Company announcement/markets

RBC Direct Investing introduces no cost, real-time streaming quotes

RBC Direct Investing today announced that real-time streaming quotes on Canadian and U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are being provided to all clients at no charge, effective immediately.

19 December 2019

Company announcement/sustainable

RBC launches Tech for Nature

RBC today announced the launch of RBC Tech for Nature – a multi-year commitment by the RBC Foundation to new ideas, technologies and partnerships focused on protecting our shared future.

28 November 2019