▲ 151 ▼ Europe's $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard (europeanbusinessmagazine.com) submitted 9 months ago by Massive_Pickle@piefed.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments It would be awesome if Canada could do this. "Every time a European taps a card, pays online or splits a bill with friends, the transaction flows through infrastructure owned and operated by American companies."
[+] DarylInCanada@lemmy.ca 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] excursion22@piefed.ca 8 points 9 months ago I might actually explore changing banks for this. My Tangerine debit used to be interac but switched to visa debit at some point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago I never pay by credit card, most CDN retailers have interac as an option as do most banks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (4 children) Yep, and better yet, ask your retailer if they take eTransfer. ETransfers don't cost money to the recipient. Ive beem using them with several businesses locally lately to avoid fees and, importantly, stop giving money to Shop (Shopify) for online purchases at these stores to stop giving the owner more money for hid Canadian take on Project 2025. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Can you do etransfers without having to input an email address? Super annoying to have to set up a payment target every time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Sadly, no - and BMO will annoyingly rate limit you on adding them sometimes. But I put the effort in because saying FU to payment companies that are anti-democratic is a requirement IMHO in 2026. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago Be nice if they could set up an etransfer QR code. Generate code at till, scan with bank app or browser, double check the target and amount, submit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago I believe a phone number will work in most cases. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] excursion22@piefed.ca 8 points 9 months ago I might actually explore changing banks for this. My Tangerine debit used to be interac but switched to visa debit at some point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago I never pay by credit card, most CDN retailers have interac as an option as do most banks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (4 children) Yep, and better yet, ask your retailer if they take eTransfer. ETransfers don't cost money to the recipient. Ive beem using them with several businesses locally lately to avoid fees and, importantly, stop giving money to Shop (Shopify) for online purchases at these stores to stop giving the owner more money for hid Canadian take on Project 2025. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Can you do etransfers without having to input an email address? Super annoying to have to set up a payment target every time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Sadly, no - and BMO will annoyingly rate limit you on adding them sometimes. But I put the effort in because saying FU to payment companies that are anti-democratic is a requirement IMHO in 2026. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago Be nice if they could set up an etransfer QR code. Generate code at till, scan with bank app or browser, double check the target and amount, submit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago I believe a phone number will work in most cases. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Can you do etransfers without having to input an email address? Super annoying to have to set up a payment target every time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Sadly, no - and BMO will annoyingly rate limit you on adding them sometimes. But I put the effort in because saying FU to payment companies that are anti-democratic is a requirement IMHO in 2026. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago Be nice if they could set up an etransfer QR code. Generate code at till, scan with bank app or browser, double check the target and amount, submit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago I believe a phone number will work in most cases. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Routhinator@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) Sadly, no - and BMO will annoyingly rate limit you on adding them sometimes. But I put the effort in because saying FU to payment companies that are anti-democratic is a requirement IMHO in 2026. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago Be nice if they could set up an etransfer QR code. Generate code at till, scan with bank app or browser, double check the target and amount, submit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago Be nice if they could set up an etransfer QR code. Generate code at till, scan with bank app or browser, double check the target and amount, submit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago I believe a phone number will work in most cases. permalink fedilink source parent