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Stories we are following

The slow-moving stories that matter to us: a rule coming in, a fee holiday, a launch date. Each one has a short brief, a breakdown of what it means for us, and a timeline of what has happened and what is coming.

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Developing

Canada's consumer-driven banking (open banking) framework

Canada is moving to consumer-driven banking, where secure APIs replace screen scraping so people can share their financial data without handing over banking passwords.

2 dated updates · latest: Oct 23, 2026

Coming up

Upcoming

Bandcamp: fee-free Fridays and the AI music ban

Bandcamp, the music store many independent artists sell through, has said it will waive its platform fee completely on the last two Bandcamp Fridays of 2026, and it bans music made wholly or substantially by AI.

2 dated updates · next: Nov 6, 2026, platform fee waived