Canada checking in. We have the same system for authenticating with government services. https://www.interac.ca/en/verification/personal/sign-into-go...

I dislike this as well, as this is conditioning people to not second guess why a third party website is sending you to your bank to login. As well as scam websites I've come across that mirror the authentication process down to every step you would have when using it for legitimate purposes. Scam website>Scam Interact login parter>Scam web banking login> stolen bank credentials.