Stablecoins will eventually “leapfrog” real-time rail payments, finance leaders say

As Canada makes progress on its long-delayed real-time rail (RTR) payment system and stablecoin regulation, ATB Financial vice president of business solutions Brian Ford thinks the latter will “leapfrog” the former. The news: Ford discussed “the battle of the rails” in a panel conversation with Cybrid CEO Avinash Chidambaram and Paytrie chief strategy officer Jason Tong at the 2026 Canadian Finance Summit last Thursday as part of Toronto Tech Week. Moderated by Blakes partner Vladimir Shatiryan,