Canada

The card handles multiple currencies and is designed for students and underserved market segments.

Canada-based PayByPhone has enabled Apple Pay for drivers in Vancouver, where the parking payment provider keeps its headquarters.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and Mastercard have reached an agreement that will reduce payment card interchange rates for members of Canada’s largest small-business organizations, bringing them on par with large merchants’ rates in the market.

PayPal has agreed to acquire TIO Networks, a Canadian company that sells software that powers bill payment processing, particularly for underbanked consumers.

Wirecard Card Solutions is taking over as the issuer of Bread4Scrap, a prepaid card program used by U.K.-based Payment Card Solutions (PCS) to distribute funds to scrap metal dealers.

After testing mobile order-and-pay at Tim Hortons cafes and Burger King restaurants for nearly two months, Restaurant Brands International is preparing to launch the app throughout Canada in the spring.

Boston-based Buildium, which provides a software platform for real estate property managers, has expanded its ePay online payment service to Canada, marking the first region outside the U.S. where Buildium supports electronic payments.

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.

American Express has added a new mobile payment service to the growing list of "Pays" available to consumers in Canada.

ACT Canada has named Suzan Denoncourt, the country's managing director at Ingenico Group, to be co-chair of its board.

Samsung Pay has gone live in Canada – but only for a subset of customers using certain Visa cards from CIBC Bank.