​We are delighted to announce the addition of Katherine Macpherson to our advisory team and Ernst and Young as our newest member to join our growing community.

Katherine’s first-hand experience working with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Services and with leading Canadian financial institutions will be instrumental in helping us further our mandate to raise the dialogue among the key RegTech stakeholders and identify and develop opportunities to improve regulatory effectiveness. We look forward to working with Katherine and Ernst and Young to drive Canada’s innovation agenda forward.

Industry leaders will focus on the changing data management and technology landscape
TORONTO, November 11, 2020 – The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) / Association canadienne de la technologie réglementaire (ACTR) today announced that it will host a digital conference, Accelerating Digital Transformation while Balancing Risks and Rewards, on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 8:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. EST.
 
The conference features industry leaders offering insightful commentary on the changing data management and technology landscape.  “The need to stay on top of digital management for all RegTech stakeholders, including the financial services, technology, regulatory, and government sectors, has never been more acute,” said Donna Bales, co-founder of the CRTA and one of the organizers of the conference. “Industry leaders will share their views on key issues, such as the evolution of data management and analytics, innovation and its path forward in Canada, the impact on corporations and consumers, risk factors ahead, and much more,” she said.

​TORONTO, August 6, 2020 – The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) is pleased to welcome Paul Childerhose to the CRTA Board of Directors, and Myron Mallia-Dare and Ally Karmali as Strategic Advisors.

​The CIO Strategy Council and the Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) today announced a new partnership to advance regulatory efficiency and promote digital governance research, proof-of-concepts, and standards in the Canadian RegTech ecosystem.

 
​We are thrilled to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) Canada has joined the CRTA.  
The addition of AWS strengthens our membership community and will open new opportunities for innovation and collaboration across the Canadian RegTech ecosystem.

 The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) / Association canadienne de la technologie réglementaire (ACTR) today published a report entitled  Safeguarding AI Use Through Human-Centric Design. It examines the risks and ethical challenges that need to be addressed and overseen to ensure that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) provides benefits and avoids harm.  The paper delves into practical and technical challenges and solutions, by bringing the perspectives of practitioners, academics, and technologists in Canada’s AI ecosystem (listed in the paper) on how some of the human-rights risks introduced by AI systems are being and can be managed during the product development life cycle.  

​The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) is pleased to announce that it has appointed three additional advisors to its Strategic Advisory Board.  The advisors are Paul Childerhose – Managing Director, Maple Peak Group Inc.; Laurie Clark – Founder and Principal, Canchek; and Guy Robert –Principal, Resolution Compliance Consulting Inc. (RCC). These appointments bring strong leadership, technology and financial talent to our advisory group and will help us broaden our reach into Eastern and Western Canada.

We are happy to announce our official partnership with Fintech Cadence.  Fintech Cadence provides multiple programs for Canada's Fintech community. They focus on three pillars 1) Educate 2) Support Early-stage start-up and 3) collaborate with financial institutions to help solve industry challenges. 
The intent of the partnership is to work together in research initiatives and the development of RegTech within the Canadian financial services ecosystem. 

The Canadian Regulatory Technology Association (CRTA) is pleased to announce that it has appointed three additional advisors to its Strategic Advisory Board.  The advisors are Daniel Leslie – Attorney, Norton Rose Fulbright; Sylvia McGratten – Vice President, Internal Audit, Scotiabank; and Loren Schwartz – Head of Regulatory Reporting Services, CIBC World Markets.  This brings the advisory group to nine members representing key parts of the RegTech sector, with expertise from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.