Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

RBC pilots AI-based financial insight tools

Walk the dog, make lunch, dash out the door to work, pay bills, buy groceries on the way home, binge-watch your favourite series, reset and start all over again tomorrow.

28 August 2017

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Vidyo and Royal Bank of Canada introduce free video chat service

Embedded video technology leader Vidyo has helped the Royal Bank of Canada, Canada’s largest bank, become the first bank in Canada to offer flexible and immersive remote video chat as a free service to its many small business customers across North America.

13 December 2016

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RBC hackathon looks for 'Next Great Innovator'

For hackathon pros, coming together over a weekend to design, code, and learn new skills from their peers is the new social gathering.

18 October 2016

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RBC introduces free Interac e-Transfer payments for all personal chequing accounts

Whether splitting the bill, paying the babysitter, or reimbursing a sibling for that awesome Mother’s Day gift, Canadians are increasingly using person-to-person payments as part of their daily spending. As a market leader in payment innovation, RBC is making it easier and more cost effective for clients to send money by offering unlimited free Interac e-Transfer payments on all personal chequing accounts.

03 May 2016

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RBC offers Apple rewards to cardholders

Are you one of the first people to line up at the Apple Store in anticipation of the latest iPhone?

28 January 2016

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Royal Bank of Canada and Uber introduce Bonus RBC Rewards Points

It's officially the holiday season, which means many Canadians are making travel plans to celebrate with family and friends.

15 December 2015

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RBC granted US mobile payment security-related patent

RBC today announced that it has been awarded a patent on its innovative Secure Cloud payment and security technology by the United States Patent Office. The patent covers use of secure tokens by our clients to facilitate payments from mobile devices.

01 September 2015

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RBC unveils new app for Android Pay

Consumers want mobile payments to be fast, easy and most important of all, secure. RBC understands this and has long been innovating in the secure payment space and has now increased security and accelerated sign in with its development of an app for the Android M Developer Preview, the next major release of its operating system.

02 June 2015

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RBC business mobile app arrives on Android, Apple and BlackBerry

With the many daily demands of owning a business, effectively managing time can be just as crucial, and just as challenging, as managing finances.

15 July 2014

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RBC brings Facebook Messenger P2P transfers to iPhone app

RBC today marked a North American first by announcing a social, person-to-person (P2P) electronic money transfer capability for customers to send money to Facebook Messenger contacts, right from within the RBC Canada app.

03 February 2014

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RBC Wallet goes live

The RBC Wallet, powered by RBC Secure Cloud, is now available, enabling RBC Mobile clients to purchase goods and services with their RBC Interac Debit or Visa credit cards using their Bell Mobility Android smartphone.

22 January 2014

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RBC publishes interactive annual report

Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) today launched its 2013 Online Annual Report, an interactive website that showcases financial results, strengths and strategy.

19 December 2013

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