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Europe's $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard (europeanbusinessmagazine.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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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."

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[–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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