Couple randomly attacked, 1 stabbed, by group of teens in Toronto, police say
A man has been transported to hospital after police say he was stabbed in a random attack carried out by a group of teens in Toronto on Friday night.
Starting Thursday, businesses in Canada will be able to pass credit card fees on to their customers.
The change is the result of a multimillion-dollar class-action settlement involving Visa and Mastercard over what are known as interchange or swipe fees: the money credit card companies, banks and payment processors collect from merchants with every transaction.
Those fees can range from around one per cent to as much as three per cent for cards, with perks like cash back or loyalty points cutting into business profits.
According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Visa and Mastercard previously restricted merchants' ability to include fee surcharges or refuse "premium" credit cards with higher costs. Some companies, like Telus, have already announced new credit card processing fees.
The new rule, which allows merchants to pass fees on to consumers, goes into effect on Oct. 6. Merchants are required to provide written notice to Visa and Mastercard. As part of the settlement with the companies, Canadian businesses were also able to claim up to $5,000 in credit card fee rebates.
Despite the change, retail expert Bruce Winder told CTV News Channel on Wednesday he does not believe restaurants or retailers will pass the fees on to consumers on a large scale.
"A lot of them are quite hesitant because they don't want to anger customers in this already inflationary environment," he said.
But the bigger issue, Winder said, is that Canadians pay some of the highest interchange fees in the developed world for credit cards.
Karl Littler, senior vice-president of public affairs for the Retail Council of Canada, said the issue is more of an "upstream" problem the government can address by lowering fees overall.
Speaking to CTV News Channel on Wednesday, he offered a more definitive take, saying he sees "next to no likelihood" that retailers would add on the surcharge.
"It is more a hypothetical possibility than a real one," he said.
With files from CTVNews.ca Writer Michael Lee
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