In america they have a partnership with visa and don’t take other cards unless they are debit. Mexico Costco also takes discover and other cards
Comment on Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 hours agoThe Costco in Canada I go to only accepts Master Card.
winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 3 hours ago
Discover wants a $25k retainer from me to take them as an option. Its just not realistic for smaller businesses when they have such a small footprint.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
They accept cash.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Great if you don’t mind a wallet overflowing with loose change.
Crazy that we don’t have a public sector payment processor, though. You’d think we could have a Generic Card tied to a public bank that handles electronic payments efficiently. But it’s been over 40 years since we began consumer grade electronic transactions and its still entirely within the scope of the private sector.
wabasso@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Interac isn’t too bad right? I agree with you that sort of service should be public, but I heard (years ago) that Interac is non-profit.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
OpenAI started out as non-profit. Quite a few health insurance companies (Blue Cross Blue Shield, for instance) are organized as non-profits.
shrug
Sure. All good when it works for you. But this isn’t some kind of wholesale replacement for Visa that doesn’t run the obvious risk of becoming Visa 2.0 (or whatever X.0 iteration of credit card companies we’re currently on).
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 hours ago
You want trump in control of our commerical transactions?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
He’s appointing the next Fed chair as we speak. We’re a bit past feeling squeamish about what Trump controls.