01 Interac at Canadian casinos: how the rail actually works
The domestic network almost every Canadian bank already connects to — and the reason it absorbed the traffic when the older bank-transfer services closed.
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Reportr — media, technology, and online payments.
This desk covered media and technology from one angle: how news finds its audience — the Twitter experiments, the BBC's blogging years, the first iPhone newsrooms. 232 of those pages, published between 2007 and 2015, are in the archive, each on its original date. Beside them sits the other half of the beat, online payments: the rails, the verification and the settlement underneath a transaction.
Drag the rail, or use the arrow keys, to move through the years.
2016–2025 · quiet
All years — 232 posts2007 → 2026 · max 68 / yr (2008)
[ Dispatches / 01 ]
What Reportr covers
Two beats that turn out to be one: who controls the route between a story and its reader, and who controls the route between a person and their money. Media and technology on one side, payments on the other.
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02 Why an “instant” withdrawal usually isn't one
The delay is almost never the payment method. It is verification, and it is knowable in advance.
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03 AI in journalism: what newsrooms have actually changed
Drafting, translation and summarising moved into production quietly. The byline is what is left to argue about.
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04 Citizen journalism, twenty years on
The platforms that promised participation are gone; the participation stayed. This archive watched it happen in real time.
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From the desk
The posts this site published before the redesign, unchanged, with their own pictures.
01 The Future of Media: How Technology Is Changing the Landscape
AI, virtual reality, blockchain and 5G are rewriting how stories are produced and delivered.
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02 The Impact of Social Media on News Consumption and Society
Platforms became the new gatekeepers. What happens to the truth when attention decides what we see?
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03 The use of AI in journalism and the numerous ethical concerns
Automation of data analysis and content selection is already routine in newsrooms; the ethical questions are not.
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04 Responsible Reporting: The New WCAG Standards
What WCAG asks of a newsroom, and the parts of a story that break first for readers using assistive technology.
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05 Welcome to our blog, your best source of global modern news
A place created by enthusiasts of modernity, for enthusiasts of modernity.
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Media and technology, year by year
232 pages of media and technology reporting, 2007 to 2015 — then a ten-year gap. Pick a year on the rail above; the list below follows it.
Showing the 14 most recent of 232 · Explore all 232 pages
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Payments: how online payments actually move
This part of the desk grew out of a single story about a Canadian payment method. It covers the plumbing of online payments — rails, verification, settlement — reported the same way as the technology beat, with no offers and no operator listings.
Further reading on the closed rail: gamble online with iDebit in Canada. On the accessibility side, Canada's AChecker validator is the tool referenced throughout our reporting standards page.
iDebit has closed — what it means for withdrawals
Both Canadian bank-transfer services shut in 2026. What they did, and how a remaining balance gets out.
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iDebit vs InstaDebit: what was different
Very little, functionally — and that is the honest answer to a comparison people still search for.
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What casino verification actually checks
Identity, address, source of funds: who asks for what, when, and why it holds a payout.
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Interac e-Transfer limits, and what sets them
Send limits are set by your bank, not by the network — which is why two people quote different numbers.
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Frequently asked
What does Reportr cover?
Two beats: how media and technology decide the route between a story and its reader, and how payment systems decide the route between a person and their money.
What is the archive?
Pages published on this domain between 2007 and 2015 about digital journalism, summarised.
Why does the archive jump from 2015 to 2026?
The journalism archive stops in 2015; 2016 to 2025 are empty. A few general posts from 2023 sit outside it.
Does the site carry advertising or operator listings?
There are no operator listings, rankings or offers. One link to a commercial site is marked where it appears, and so is the partner banner.