Canada

UnionPay customers can now transfer funds from Canada to China without fees through a partnership with Canadian bank CIBC.

Montreal-based Acceo Solutions Inc. and Mastercard have formed a new partnership to expand Acceo’s in-store payment offering for global e-commerce merchants.

Cardtronics has completed its acquisition of Canadian ATM operator DirectCash Payments.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reached an agreement to continue accepting Visa Inc. credit cards in Canada, ending the retailer’s threat to bar the world’s largest payments network from its 409 stores in the country.

Royal Bank of Canada is providing a virtual reality "try before you buy" experience for its RBC Rewards customers.

A mobile payments app that launched last year for parking lots in Toronto is now available for all parking spots on the city's streets, with PayPal as the newest payment option.

Canada’s Scotiabank waited to launch its own HCE-powered mobile wallet last month, and the payoff came when thousands of consumers downloaded the app with zero advertising.

The recent history of mobile wallets includes a lot of crashes and failures, but the people behind those projects are still around and are wiser for their experiences.

There's been a rapid growth of cross-border payments and remittance startups, and CIBC responded with a major project designed to streamline transactions.

Canadians have a simple message for the U.S. credit card industry: Don't fiddle with our rewards programs.