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Confront risks of financial technologies to reap benefits: FINTRAC

February 22, 2017 Andy Blatchford - THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – The head of Canada’s financial intelligence unit warns that regulators must grapple with the challenges of emerging financial technologies, some of which he says have been exploited by terrorism and organized crime. But while it’s necessary to safeguard…

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Volkswagen Canada and Audi Canada to pay up to $2.1 billion to consumers and $15 million penalty for false environmental marketing claims

December 19, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Canada’s Competition Bureau said on Monday that a settlement agreement, if approved, would provide buyback and restitution payments to consumers in relation to Volkswagen and Audi’s “emissions scandal.” If approved by the courts, the settlement would be one of the…