Payments Canada launches webinar series to support public consultation on the Real-Time Rail legal framework

Payments Canada is launching a series of educational webinars to support broad public engagement on the legal framework for the Real-Time Rail (RTR), Canada’s forthcoming real-time payment system.

The webinars are designed to inform responses to a public consultation, happening May 20, 2025 until July 2, 2025. Responses to the consultation will inform the legal framework critical to ensuring the RTR’s safety, efficiency and resiliency.

The webinars will take place over four weeks and cover the following topics:

• May 22, 2025 | time: 12:00 - 1:00 ET - Payments Canada and the RTR explained
  Speakers: Jude Pinto, Chief Delivery Officer, Payments Canada and Janet Lalonde, Vice President, Business Program Delivery, Payments Canada
  An overview of Payments Canada’s mandate and public policy objectives and how the RTR will benefit Canadian businesses, consumers, governments and our national economy.  
• May 29, 2025 | time: 12:00 - 1:00 ET - RTR access and participation 
  Speaker: Lisa Sattler, Director, Policy, Payments Canada
  A look at the regulatory and system requirements organizations must meet to access and participate in the RTR.
• June 5, 2025 | time: 12:00 - 1:00 ET - RTR recourse and compliance
  Speaker: Lisa Sattler, Director, Policy, Payments Canada
  What happens if a payment doesn’t go as planned? This session will cover recourse, exception handling and the RTR compliance framework.
• June 12, 2025 | time: 12:00 - 1:00 ET - Fraud management on the Real-Time Rail
  Speakers: Paula Dunlop, Vice President, Policy, Government Relations and Research, Payments Canada and Darrel Jantzi, Director, Fraud, Payments Canada
  With safety and security as our top priority, this webinar outlines the proposed fraud policies and centralized fraud capabilities within the RTR.

The webinars will be publicly available in both official languages. Each webinar will be followed by a bilingual Q and A session. Questions can be submitted in advance to consultation@payments.ca. Webinars will be recorded and published on payments.ca.

For more information and to register for the webinar series, please visit our webinar webpage.