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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are there no Canadian financial institutions capable of launching their own cards and payment processors? That seems like a pretty big issue if the US is still skimming money off of each Buy Canadian purchase made by any medium other than cash.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

All the Canadian banks should start a joint venture for a Canadian credit card.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

The banks do take a hefty cut of that transaction fee, and visa/mastercard get a smaller cut. But that's still a lot of money going to the US for no reason.

We do have Interac here in Canada which charges a few cents instead of a percent, and it's Canadian.