# RBC Royal Bank of Canada

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/rbc-royal-bank
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [RBC — official](https://www.rbc.com/)

## Overview

**RBC Royal Bank of Canada** is **TSX: RY + NYSE: RY** + **Canada's largest bank by assets + market capitalization** + **~17M+ Canadian customers + global operations 30+ countries** + **HSBC Canada Mar 28 2024 acquisition ~$13.5B CAD** <sup>[1][1], [Canada report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/CA)</sup>.

## History

**1864 — Merchants' Bank of Halifax founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia** distinctive Canadian banking heritage.

**1901 — Renamed Royal Bank of Canada**.

**2010 — RBC Mobile banking app launch**.

**Mar 28 2024 — RBC acquires HSBC Canada operations for ~$13.5B CAD** distinctive Canadian banking acquisition.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Royal Bank of Canada RBC** (Canada's largest bank by assets + market capitalization; TSX: RY + NYSE: RY).

**Major shareholders**: **Canadian + international retail + institutional + foreign investors free float (no major controlling shareholder)**.

**Regulators**: **OSFI + Bank of Canada + national regulators across 30+ countries**.

## Technical integration

RBC Mobile app (iOS + Android; ~17M+ Canadian customers) + rbc.com online + RBC branch network across Canada + 30+ countries + RBC Visa + Mastercard cards; Interac (Canadian interoperable payment network) + CA IBAN.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Canadian banking + payments competitors**: [TD Canada (Toronto-Dominion Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/td-canada) (TD Toronto-Dominion Bank; TSX: TD + NYSE: TD; Canada's #2 bank by assets) + [Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/scotiabank-ca) (Scotiabank Bank of Nova Scotia; TSX: BNS + NYSE: BNS; Canada's #3 bank by assets) + [BMO (Bank of Montreal) Mobile Banking](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bmo) (BMO Bank of Montreal; TSX: BMO + NYSE: BMO; Canada's #4 bank by assets) + [CIBC (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/cibc) (CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; TSX: CM + NYSE: CM; Canada's #5 bank by assets) + [National Bank of Canada](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/national-bank-canada) (National Bank of Canada; TSX: NA; Canada's #6 bank by assets) + [Desjardins](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/desjardins) (Desjardins Group; Canada's largest cooperative financial group + Quebec) + Tangerine (Tangerine Bank; Scotiabank subsidiary Canadian digital bank) + Simplii Financial (Simplii Financial; CIBC subsidiary Canadian digital bank) + [Interac QR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/interac-qr) (Interac Canada's interoperable payment network).

**Regulators**: OSFI + Bank of Canada + national regulators across 30+ countries.

## Status

**Active, TSX:RY + NYSE:RY + Canada's largest bank by assets + market capitalization + ~17M+ Canadian customers + global operations 30+ countries + HSBC Canada Mar 28 2024 acquisition ~$13.5B CAD** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.rbc.com/ "RBC — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Canada "RBC — Wikipedia"
[ca-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/CA

- [1] [RBC — official][1]
- [2] [RBC — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Canada report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/CA)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/CA-canada.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [rbc-royal-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/rbc-royal-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.