Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2021

Source Publication

National Banking Law Review 40.1

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Canada released a short

decision on December 10 confirming unanimously that

it is the bank’s customer who bears the risk of loss of an

amount that the bank transferred by electronic payment

order from the customer’s account to a third party as

a result of a phishing scam. The decision adopts the

reasoning of the Québec Court of Appeal and specifies

that it would not have been different if the customer’s

account had been in positive balance. In this case, the

customer’s account was in a debit position.

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