What Is Real-Time Rail (RTR) and When Is It Coming to Canada?
If you’ve been following payment industry news in Canada, you’ve probably heard the term real-time rail more than once. It’s often mentioned as a major modernization of the Canadian banking system, and something that will make payments instant, available 24/7, and more efficient for businesses. But what exactly is real-time rail? When is it actually
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What You Need to Know About Credit Card Surcharges in Canada
Canadian business owners have long voiced their frustration over the high cost of accepting credit card payments. And up until recently, if you wanted to be able to process credit card transactions, this cost was unavoidable and non-negotiable. Merchants had no legal way to pass even a portion of these fees on to customers
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How Better Payment Processing Creates More Satisfied Customers
As a small business owner, you’re probably juggling countless responsibilities, from inventory and staffing to marketing and customer service. But one crucial area that’s easy to overlook is your payment processing system. And if your checkout is slow, complicated, or outdated, you might unknowingly be frustrating your customers and hurting your bottom line. Long lines,
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Why Now Is the Best Time to Support Payment Processors in Canada
For many years now, we’ve been supporting the local businesses we love and encouraging our fellow citizens to support Canadian companies. And we’ve been doing this since long before the buy local movement really took off as a result of the negative effect pandemic restrictions were having on businesses at the time. Unfortunately, support for
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If you allow customers to pay with debit or credit, then your payment processor is like the backbone of your business. Among other things, a great processor will ensure transactions are seamless, costs are kept to a minimum, and customers remain satisfied. But if you’re with a payment processor that subjects you to things like
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The first few weeks of the new year are always a great time for reflection, no matter who you are. And if you’re a business owner, it’s the perfect time to take stock of everything related to your business. Whether it’s setting objectives for the coming year, determining whether you reached the goals you set
What You Need to Know to Spot Hidden Payment Processing Fees
No matter how you slice it, if you own a business, you’re going to need a payment processor. But trying to decide which processor to choose can be incredibly confusing, not least because of how difficult it is to decipher their pricing. The reality is, this stuff is often so convoluted, and processors can be
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Why Interchange Plus Pricing Is the Best Way to Pay for Payment Processing
If there was an award for the most convoluted industry on the planet, payment processing would probably win by a landslide. And if we had to choose the most needlessly complex aspect of our industry, it would have to be how processors choose to charge for their services. Whether they’re using interchange plus pricing, tiered
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If you own a business, chances are, it’s taken you years to get it up and running. Not to mention the untold blood, sweat, and tears that were required to make it all happen. But now that you’ve built an online presence, it seems anyone with an internet connection can bash your business with impunity.
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Lucid Payments vs. Square: Which One Is Best for Your Business?
As we’ve said countless times before, the payment processing industry suffers from a serious lack of clarity. Business owners don’t understand it, processors aren’t making it any easier to understand, and unfortunately, they’re benefiting from maintaining that status quo. We, on the other hand, have chosen to take a different approach by putting the best
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February 17 2026
What Is Real-Time Rail (RTR) and When Is It Coming to Canada?
If you’ve been following payment industry news in Canada, you’ve probably heard the term real-time rail more than once. [...]
November 24 2025
What Canadian Business Owners Need to Know About the New Wave of E-Transfer Scams
If you run a business in Canada, there’s a good chance you rely on e-transfers, as they’re quick, familiar, [...]
August 12 2025
What You Need to Know About Credit Card Surcharges in Canada
Canadian business owners have long voiced their frustration over the high cost of accepting credit card payments. And [...]
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