eBusiness Alliances

One of the top eBusiness priorities for the companies under RBC Financial Group is to form strategic alliances with key industry service providers. Through these alliances and initiatives, our customers have access to the best choice of financial tools, solutions and support to succeed in the digital marketplace.

	CANissue
	CashEdge
	dealerAccess Inc.
	e-route
	FXall
	WEDDINGBELLS.CA

CANissue
Launched by seven of Canada's leading investment dealers, Internet-based solution, CANissue.ca, offers institutional investors timely and efficient communication and information on fixed-income new issues by non-government issuers. The site provides secure online access to a single database for non-government fixed-income new issues. Key components of the site include terms and conditions information, document offerings, issuer information, agency reports and investor presentation materials. The founding dealers are RBC Dominion Securities Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc.. Created with the goal of providing a more efficient and streamlined new issue process, CANissue.ca reflects a growing trend among North American financial institutions to pursue technological solutions and offer efficient service delivery to only institutional clients.

For more information take a look at the CANissue.ca web site at www.canissue.ca.

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CashEdge Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada has made a capital investment in CashEdge, a private company that develops eFinance infrastructure for global financial institutions. RBC is the first Canadian financial institution to offer its Online Banking customers account aggregation, the ability to view all of their financial information in one place. Called My View, this service uses CashEdge technology to allow customers to view their savings, chequing, brokerage, investment and credit card accounts on their Account Balances page from the RBC Online Banking site. Online accounts from other financial institutions in Canada and the US can be viewed, in addition to multiple accounts from RBC Financial Group. RBC Online Banking customers can sign up for My View from their Account Balances page. CashEdge solutions include secure Online Money Movement and Advanced Account Aggregation platforms that power specialized retail banking and financial advisor applications.

For more information, please visit the CashEdge web site at www.cashedge.com/index.html.

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dealerAccess Inc.
dealerAccess Inc. is a new and innovative Internet automobile financing portal through which participating Royal Way dealers can submit consumer car loan applications directly to Royal Bank of Canada. This portal has a growing list of over 1,600 participating dealers and brings together automotive dealers in Canada with multiple lenders that enable end-to-end consumer financing. In the near future, portal services will be expanded to include other offerings to the dealer community to provide a truly automated dealer friendly web-based environment. dealerAccess' dealership network and their customers will enjoy the speed, flexibility and seamlessness of this innovative new web-based service. financiaLinx Corp., an automobile leasing company, is already using the dealerAccess portal, whose technology has processed over $3.6 billion in auto leases and loans. dealerAccess is on its way to becoming the largest auto-finance portal in Canada.

For more information, please visit the dealerAccess web site at www.dealeraccess.com.

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e-route inc.
e-route inc. was created in 1998 with Royal Bank of Canada as one of its founders. In late 2000, e-route launched webdoxs*, a National presentment service, which has become one of North America's leading electronic bill presentment services. Working with BCE Emergis, who acquired e-route inc. in April 2002, six of Canada's leading financial institutions promote the electronic presentment of bills and other critical documents to consumers.

For more information, please visit the e-route and webdoxs sites at www.eroute.com and www.webdoxs.com.

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FXall
Royal Bank of Canada is an investor and participant in FXall, a leading multi-provider electronic trading portal for the global foreign exchange market. FXall provides corporate treasurers, money managers, central banks, and other institutional clients with FX trade execution, access to research, and straight through processing, with over 50 banks providing pricing through the portal. Clients benefit from the convenience and cost savings of 24-hour access, real time rates and market news, fully automated trading, superior tools for complex trade requirements such as aggregation, netting and allocations, comprehensive research and integration with front and back office systems.

For more information, please visit FXall's web site at www.fxall.com.

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WEDDINGBELLS.CA
Royal Bank of Canada joined with idoido.com, a "marriage portal", as part of a larger strategy to form alliances with experts around key life events. In the Spring of 2000, WEDDINGBELLS, the leading Canadian wedding magazine acquired the majority interest in idoido.com. WeddingBells.ca, a new venture, has been launched as a result of this acquisition. WeddingBells.ca is a site where soon-to-be brides and grooms can organize every aspect of their wedding from reception halls to invitations, set up a personalized Web page and "to do" list, as well as, get advice and information on the financial aspects of this important day.

For more information, take a look at www.rbcroyalbank.com/gettingmarried/index.html, or visit the WEDDINGBELLS web site at www.weddingbells.ca.

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