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Royal Bank of Canada extends Vector Institute sponsorship, advancing responsible AI innovation and talent development through 2032

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RBC’s longstanding partnership will continue to drive Canada’s AI leadership in research and innovation

TORONTO, July 30, 2026 /CNW/ — Royal Bank of Canada today announced the renewal of its platinum sponsorship of the Vector Institute for an additional five years through 2032. As a founding sponsor, RBC has worked with Vector since 2017 to advance AI research, innovation and talent development across Canada – applying cutting-edge techniques in areas like agentic AI, retrieval-augmented generation, computer vision and federated learning to drive responsible AI adoption across the bank and strengthen Canada’s broader AI ecosystem.

RBC is a leading voice on AI in Canada and globally in financial services. Today, the bank is ranked #1 in Canada and #3 globally for AI maturity among 50 global financial institutions. This recognition reflects not only investment in talent and innovation, but investments in AI research, responsible innovation and creating opportunities for homegrown IP.

“At RBC, we believe we have a responsibility to help advance the Canadian AI ecosystem,” said Bruce Ross, Group Head, AI, RBC. “Vector brings world-class talent and top AI research together. Through this partnership, RBC gains access to top talent while strengthening the infrastructure that keeps Canada’s best researchers and innovators here–and helps us shape responsible AI standards for the industry.”

Earlier this year, RBC announced the creation of a dedicated AI Group reporting to the CEO. Building on existing capabilities and top AI talent, RBC’s AI Group helps accelerate the bank’s AI ambitions while working closely with business and functions across the bank to turn high-potential AI use cases into market-ready solutions that bring value to clients. In collaborating with Vector over the past nine years, RBC has executed 30 applied AI projects, deployed advanced AI capabilities, and recruited 200 Vector-affiliated AI specialists.

“RBC has been with Vector from the beginning and this renewal reflects a shared conviction that Canada’s AI leadership isn’t just worth investing in – it’s worth leading. What sets RBC apart is their drive to set the standard for responsible AI in financial services, not just domestically but globally. That ambition, paired with a long-term commitment to developing homegrown talent and research, is what helps move the whole ecosystem forward,” said Glenda Crisp, President and CEO, Vector Institute.

About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 101,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada’s biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 19 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com.‎

We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at rbc.com/peopleandplanet.

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First Lady Melania Trump at NYSE to Headline IMPERIA Summit: NYSE Content Update

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NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on September 23rd

First Lady Melania Trump will open the markets from the NYSE ahead of the inaugural IMPERIA Summit.The event is focused on the global economic power of woman and will include fireside chats with leading global CEOs.NYSE media platforms will carry the First Lady’s remarks from the NYSE boardroom.The First Lady previously rang the Opening Bell at the NYSE in January to celebrate the launch of her film ‘MELANIA.’Investors await meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.The leaders are expected to discuss topics including artificial intelligence, tariffs, and rare earths.On Tuesday, President Trump delivered an address at the UN General Assembly, saying he has a ‘big decision’ to make on whether to reach a deal with Iran.

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First Lady Melania Trump marks the inaugural IMPERIA Summit

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BNY (NYSE: BNY) rings the NYSE Closing Bell

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OneVest Launches Canada’s First Agentic Account Opening Solution for Wealth Management

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New AI Agent Automates the Account Onboarding Lifecycle Across Leading Canadian Custodians

TORONTO, Sept. 23, 2026 /CNW/ — OneVest, a leading wealth management technology provider, today announced the launch of Canada’s first agentic account opening solution, delivering seamless, autonomous client onboarding for financial advisors, wealth management firms, and operations teams.

Canada’s Client Focused Reforms (CFRs) have raised regulatory standards to better protect investors, but executing these mandates across legacy systems has added significant operational friction. Industry benchmarks show Canadian financial advisors and operations teams spend up to 70% of their time on manual administration, data entry, and status tracking, leaving barely a quarter of their bandwidth for client engagement.

OneVest’s new AI agent directly solves this administrative burden by orchestrating the account onboarding lifecycle end-to-end, from initial client intake through to account funding, while ensuring wealth management professionals maintain full visibility and control.

“Account opening has long been one of the biggest operational bottlenecks for wealth management firms, pulling advisors away from serving their clients,” said Amar Ahluwalia, CEO of OneVest. “We built this AI agent to eliminate that effort. By intelligently handling data intake, pre-checking applications, and coordinating status updates across custodial channels, our agent removes redundant manual work so advisors and ops teams can focus on delivering outstanding value to investors. It represents a major leap forward from basic digital forms to true, agentic workflow execution.”

Seamless Onboarding Across Leading Canadian Custodians

OneVest’s agentic account opening solution connects natively with major Canadian custodial institutions, including National Bank Independent Network (NBIN), Aviso Wealth, and CI Investment Services (CIIS), with additional custodial integrations underway. By providing a single, standardized operational interface across custodians, wealth management firms can scale their operations seamlessly.

Key capabilities of OneVest’s agentic account opening include:

Zero-Re-Entry Intake: Automatically constructs account applications from existing firm documents, advisor notes, or CRM data without manual re-keying.Voice-Enabled Data Capture: Enables advisors and operations teams to dictate client account details directly into the platform.Pre-Submission Quality Assurance: Pre-checks applications for completeness and accuracy before submission to ensure smooth custodial processing.Automated Account Numbering & Custodial Tracking: Tracks and updates custodian account numbers automatically.Proactive Exception Handling: Instantly flags processing updates or missing details with clear, actionable remediation steps for advisor teams.Native Workplace Integration: Delivers real-time status notifications and collaboration alerts directly within Slack and Microsoft Teams.

Real-Time Governance and Oversight via OneVest Pulse

To ensure full operational transparency, every action taken by the AI agent is logged through OneVest Pulse, a centralized activity feed and governance log. OneVest Pulse provides operations teams, compliance officers, and advisors with an immutable audit trail and real-time visibility into every onboarding milestone, eliminating manual status checks while upholding institutional compliance standards.

Agentic account opening is available today for OneVest’s Canadian financial institution, wealth enterprise, and advisor clients. To learn more or request a demonstration, visit onevest.com.

About OneVest

OneVest is the AI-Native Wealth Platform, a complete system powering North America’s leading wealth management practices and financial institutions. It replaces broken, fragmented tech stacks by providing core CRM, client onboarding, portfolio management, compliance, and client experience in a single platform. Through an intuitive Workspace built for advisors and home offices, OneVest automates daily operations so wealth management firms can eliminate manual admin and scale effortlessly. OneVest is backed by Salesforce Ventures, Deloitte Ventures, TIAA Ventures, Allianz Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.

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SureDone Introduces Taska AI to Simplify Enterprise Marketplace Listing

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AI listing agent helps sellers create and manage channel listings, optimize content and resolve errors as SureDone expands pilot access

NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SureDone, a multichannel e-commerce listing, inventory and order management platform, today introduced Taska AI, an AI listing agent built on SureDone’s commerce platform. Now live with select pilot customers, Taska helps sellers prepare and manage listings across connected channels, optimize marketplace content and respond to errors that arise after submission.

Taska brings together SureDone product data, channel integrations and listing workflows in a conversational experience. Sellers can ask Taska to examine products, improve titles and descriptions, prepare channel-specific fields and create scoped listing plans for review.

Once a seller authorizes a plan, Taska can carry out its actions and track outcomes across the selected channels. It distinguishes submission from a verified marketplace result, surfaces rejections and helps identify the next step. Eligible fixes can proceed within the authorized workflow; issues requiring seller input return to the team.

“Marketplace listing work is much more than writing a description,” said Jason Nadaf, Founder and CEO of SureDone. “Enterprise sellers have to meet different channel requirements and then play whack-a-mole with errors that surface after submission. Taska AI brings that work into one process, using SureDone’s technology to prepare listings, track outcomes and help resolve problems. Our goal is to make enterprise listing frictionless so sellers can focus on growth.”

Taska launches with a review-first experience and an execution mode for customer-authorized listing work. SureDone plans to expand customer-controlled automation as the rollout progresses.

Taska AI is available to select pilot customers, with access expected to expand in phases over the coming weeks. Sellers interested in a demonstration can visit https://suredone.com/about/get-a-demo/.

About SureDone

SureDone provides brands, enterprises and growing businesses with multichannel listing, inventory and order management for complex e-commerce operations. The platform includes built-in connections to marketplaces and storefronts such as eBay, Amazon, Walmart and Shopify, along with a flexible automation engine, open API and specialized capabilities for automotive and motorsports parts and accessories, including fitment, kits and bundles, distributor integrations, dropshipping and vendor workflows.

SureDone helps sellers automate expensive and time-consuming operational tasks while giving teams centralized control over product data, inventory, orders and channel activity.

On the web: https://suredone.com

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Jason Nadaf

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