Payments Compliance – Industry News

Keeping the Bank Account at the Center of Payments Changing consumer behavior in payments is something banks cannot ignore. With an increasing number of startup and non-financial technology companies operating in the world of payments, making sure the bank account remains at the center of each payments is a main point of focus for the…

Women in Leadership – Industry News

Has new era of female government leaders in Canada already faded? There was a time when women served as premiers in half of Canada’s provinces. It was short-lived — just “one brief shining moment,” for those who yearn for parity. It began in February 2013 when Kathleen Wynne took over Ontario and ended, if not…

Women in Leadership – Industry News

More work needed to achieve gender equality, says SCOC chief justice CALGARY — The head of the Supreme Court of Canada says progress is being made in attracting more women to the legal profession. But Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin told a legal conference in Calgary on Monday that more work is necessary before equality is…

Payments Compliance – Industry News

MasterCard and Wal-Mart Partner On Store Branded Credit Cards After almost a decade of partnership with Discover, Wal-Mart and its subsidiary property Sam’s Club have elected to enter into an agreement to make MasterCard their go-to payments network for handling all transactions on its store-branded credit cards. The switch to MasterCard comes as part of…

Women in Leadership – Industry News

Women leaders may reduce Wall Street risky business Could the global financial market meltdown of 2008 have been avoided if Wall Street had more women executives? That’s the starting point of new University of British Columbia research that will investigate the relationship between gender and risk in the male-dominated global financial industry. Hazel Hollingdale, a…

Deenah Patel

Deenah Patel Marketing & Communications Leader Global Business Services IBM Canada Ltd.       Biography Deenah Patel is the Marketing and Communications Leader for Global Business Services responsible for managing strategies to promote and enable growth for IBM’s consulting and application management services division.  Interlocking closely with the Canadian, Americas and world-wide organization, she…

Brenda Allen

Brenda Allen Vice-President The Humphrey Group       Biography Brenda Allen is Vice President of The Humphrey Group. Brenda provides one-on-one and group training to clients while also building relationships globally. Since joining The Humphrey Group in 2010, she has worked with senior leaders at major companies such as Suncor, Microsoft, Cenovus, HSBC, CP…

Siobhan Chinnery

Siobhan Chinnery Vice-President, Corporations Supply Chain Sanjel Corporation       Biography Siobhan Chinnery is Vice President, Corporate Supply Chain, at Sanjel Corporation.  Siobhan started her supply chain career in small business in 1986.  Her responsibilities since then have included inventory management, transportation, sales, accounting, project management, procurement, strategic sourcing and category management.  She spent…

Kate Kerr

Kate Kerr Vice-President Pigeon Branding + Design       Biography Kate Kerr is a believer.  She believes in the power of reinvention and effective change.  She believes in the power of well-considered brands and the ability of design to powerfully influence consumer choice.  She has brought her beliefs to bear while leading global efforts…

Nancy E. Hopkins, Q.C.

Nancy E. Hopkins, Q.C. Partner McDougall Gauley, LLP     Biography Nancy E. Hopkins, Q.C. is a partner with the law firm of McDougall Gauley, LLP in Saskatoon, where she practices business law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions law and corporate governance.  She currently serves as a director of a number of corporations. …

Anti-Money Laundering – Industry News

Global Anti-Money Laundering Survey 2014, KPMG KPMG launched its online survey in November 2013. The survey was distributed to AML and compliance professionals in the top 1,000 global banks, according to the 2013 edition of The Banker Magazine, as well as to KPMG’s AML contacts in over 40 countries. The overarching aims of this year’s…

Public Procurement – Industry News

Manitoba broke rules with STARS contract: auditor general Investigation looks at why air ambulance service contract was signed without being tendered The Manitoba government did not follow proper procedures when it signed a multimillion-dollar contract with the STARS air ambulance service, and it’s paid way more than other provinces, a report by the provincial auditor general…