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Claire Brownell

Reporter

Claire Brownell covers the future of finance. Her beat includes financial regulation, fintechs and cryptocurrencies, with a focus on how banks and other financial services companies are adapting to technological change. She specializes in data-driven journalism and investigations. She was previously associate editor of reports and rankings at Maclean’s, and an award-winning tech reporter and feature writer at the Financial Post.

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Articles by Claire Brownell

Ottawa is softening its ban on stablecoin yield

https://thelogic.co/news/stablecoin-yield-draft-regulation/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 23, 2026

Issuers will be able to pay rewards on stablecoin balances that are based on transaction activity, not passive holding, under new draft regulations

Briefing

Banks should be forced to tell customers how much they’re paying in fees, watchdog says

https://thelogic.co/briefing/banks-should-be-forced-to-tell-customers-how-much-theyre-paying-in-fees-watchdog-says/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 23, 2026

Briefing

Power Sustainable buys B.C.’s Fine Choice Foods from Swander Pace Capital

https://thelogic.co/briefing/power-sustainable-buys-b-c-s-fine-choice-foods-from-swander-pace-capital/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 22, 2026

Underperforming AI agents at big banks face a very human pressure: Losing their jobs

https://thelogic.co/news/banks-ai-agents-losing-jobs/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 21, 2026

Lenders are tightening oversight of AI agents and pulling the plug on tools that don’t deliver measurable results

Briefing

Banks should have kill switches, IDs for AI agents, says global finance watchdog

https://thelogic.co/briefing/banks-should-have-kill-switches-ids-for-ai-agents-says-global-finance-watchdog/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 15, 2026

Coinbase wants to put bots on the blockchain

https://thelogic.co/news/coinbase-ai-bots-crypto-blockchain/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 15, 2026

Canada could be a leader in the growing market for AI agent-led crypto transactions, a Coinbase-backed lobby group argues in a new report

Briefing

Lightspeed cuts 250 jobs through layoffs and attrition

https://thelogic.co/briefing/lightspeed-cuts-250-jobs-through-layoffs-and-attrition/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 14, 2026

Briefing

Get ready, because AI could break crypto security, says Vitalik Buterin

https://thelogic.co/briefing/get-ready-because-ai-could-break-crypto-security-says-vitalik-buterin/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 9, 2026

ApplyBoard was the worst-performing Canadian startup in Fidelity’s portfolio in 2026

https://thelogic.co/news/applyboard-valuation-fidelity/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 6, 2026

The asset management giant values its stake in the Waterloo-region edtech at $5.4 million, down from $113 million in its pandemic heyday

Briefing

Former Vanguard Canada CEO to launch new prediction markets business

https://thelogic.co/briefing/former-vanguard-canada-ceo-to-launch-new-prediction-markets-business/

By Claire Brownell | Oct 2, 2026