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From Plastic to Proof: Why Digital Identity Is the Next Big Shift in Payments

From a payments perspective, identity is now one of the biggest sources of friction in the Canadian payments system, and one of the biggest opportunities to improve it.

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Breaking Down Inter-Provincial Barriers: Why It Matters for Credit Unions

For organizations like PPJV, where we support credit unions across all three prairie provinces, even small differences in legislation, oversight, or timelines can multiply effort and slow down progress. Credit unions end up navigating three versions of the same requirement, all to deliver the same national outcomes.

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Cybersecurity 101: Four common financial scams and how to spot them

Here are some of the most common scams involving financial theft, and tips to spotting them.

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Cybersecurity 101: From Phishing to Quishing—staying wise to the latest forms of fraud

Technology trends are giving fraudsters new ways to try to steal your personal information and scam you out of money.

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Real-Time Rail Update

Payments Canada’s goal is to provide a real-time, irrevocable, data-rich payments platform available 24/7/365.

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OBS and PPJV partner to modernize Customer Automated Funds Transfer (CAFT)

Online Business Systems has partnered with Prairie Payments Joint Venture in the next steps of payment modernization for commercial and small business members.

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Why credit unions should pay attention to the Bank of Canada’s new payment rules

The Bank of Canada has begun requiring payment service providers register under the Retail Payments Activities Act: a regulatory shift signaling significant changes in Canada’s financial landscape.

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Cybersecurity 101: Tips for the holiday season

Cyber attacks can happen at any time of the year. However, they tend to increase during the holiday season—by as much as 200 percent according to some estimates.

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Cybersecurity 101: 8 tips to create a strong password

For most online accounts, your password is the first, and sometimes only, line of defense against threat actors. As such, it’s important to give it serious thought when selecting one.

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