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How the push to modernize Canada’s payment systems went off the rails

MONTREAL — In the days before the December holidays, the organization in charge of Canada’s national payments infrastructure made a disclosure that came as little surprise to the country’s fintech sector: the launch of a new national system that would let businesses process consumer payments instantly would once again be delayed.

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