Tag: Debit card

New Normal: Are Canadians Ready To Go Cashless After Coronavirus? | CTV News

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TORONTO — As the pandemic loomed, Lillian Elliott and her partner Sheryl Davies headed to the ATM to stock up on a bit of cash. They haven’t touched it since. The residents of Montague, P.E.I. had made it a habit of budgeting using cash in envelopes but since fears of transmission of COVID-19 has given widespread pause to handling bills and coins, the two have entirely shifted to using a credit card for expenses. “I just don’t want to be touching money right now,” says Elliott, but she can’t foresee…

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‘Is That Even Legal?’: Companies May Be Sharing New Credit Or Debit Card Information Without You Knowing | CBC News

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A Vancouver woman is sounding the alarm for millions of Canadians who have credit and debit cards, after information about her debit card was shared when it shouldn’t have been. Vanessa Acuña blames an “updating service” that some credit and debit card companies have that allows new account numbers and expiry dates to be shared with merchants customers have dealt with in the past. Read full story here: ‘Is That Even Legal?’: Companies May Be Sharing New Credit Or Debit Card Information Without You Knowing | CBC News

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Cash Will No Longer Be King At Bell Aliant Stores Come The New Year – Nova Scotia – CBC News

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A Nova Scotia man is unhappy that Bell Aliant won’t be accepting cash or cheque payments at its stores beginning Jan. 1, 2018. Instead, the company will only accept payment by debit and credit card. “It’s difficult to understand how legal tender is not good for business these days and my concern is for those who perhaps don’t have a credit card or a debit card and the inconveniences this will cause them,” said Maurice Rees, the publisher of The Shoreline Journal, a monthly paper in Bass River, N.S. He thinks…

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