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  "id": 850543,
  "title": "A Canadian payment giant is being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/a-canadian-payment-giant-is-being-sold-to-u-s-private-equity-is-your",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/moneris-deal-canadian-digital-sovereignty-9.7304962"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are selling payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to San Francisco-based investment firm Francisco Partners. Some analysts are raising concerns around what the deal means for Canada's digital sovereignty amid the country's trade war with the U.S.",
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        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "A Canadian payment giant is being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/a-canadian-payment-giant-is-being-sold-to-u-s-private-equity-is-your-852056",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}