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How to make Loblaws pay the most with your $25 gift card + MORE Jan 13th
The bread aisle at a Loblaws in Toronto. (Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Bread buyers are angry, and rightfully so. Last December, Loblaw Co. confessed to operating a price-fixing scheme on bread with its parent company George Weston Ltd. Between 2001 and 2015, Loblaw grocery retailers.... More »
Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for April - These cards provide the best value out of their welcome bonuses Apr 13th
Here are the Rewards Canada Top 5 Small Business Credit Card Sign Up offers for this month! This is not a 'best' credit card list like our Top Travel Rewards Credit Card rankings but instead a look at cards for small businesses that have very good acquisition (welcome/sign up) offers. As a.... More »
Coveted 50% Transfer Bonus for RBC Rewards (Avion only) to British Airways Executive Club is back until Dec 15, 19 + MORE Nov 5th
RBC Avioners rejoice! The 50% transfer bonus to British Airways Executive has made a come back after three years! Last seen in November of 2016 (see our post here) many of us thought this awesome offer was never to be seen again! We have become accustomed to the 30% twice per year since then but.... More »
Credit card surcharges can be costly for business Oct 10th
For the moment, California law allows these charges.... More »
Air Canada Aeroplan members receive free access to streaming video content + MORE Jun 22nd
Starting today and running through to July 22nd Air Canada Aeroplan members will receive free access to video content from various Canadian entertainment providers."The carrier is making over 200 titles, including films, shorts and other video from its Canadian partners, available for streaming at .... More »
Returning a gift? The buyer loses the rewards points
– creditcards.com
To prevent users from gaming the system, credit card issuers usually dock your rewards points when you return an item, even if it was a gift
Amazon to offer credit-card reader and mobile app for small businesses
– canadianbusiness.com
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Amazon is taking direct aim at mobile payment systems such as Square by introducing the Amazon Local Register, a credit-card processing device and mobile app designed to help small business owners accept payments through their smartphones and tablets.
The move places the largest U.S. e-commerce retailer in competition with Square and other established mobile payment processing systems such as PayPal Here and Intuit’s GoPayment.
Amazon’s technology includes a card reader that attaches to a smartphone, Kindle or tablet. The reader processes credit or debit card payments via a secure Amazon network, the same one that processes Amazon.com purchases. The service is designed to serve on-the-go small business owners who might otherwise only accept cash or checks, including massage therapists, food truck operators and artists who sell their work at outdoor fairs.
Small businesses can start using Local Register by creating an account on http://localregister.amazon…
The move places the largest U.S. e-commerce retailer in competition with Square and other established mobile payment processing systems such as PayPal Here and Intuit’s GoPayment.
Amazon’s technology includes a card reader that attaches to a smartphone, Kindle or tablet. The reader processes credit or debit card payments via a secure Amazon network, the same one that processes Amazon.com purchases. The service is designed to serve on-the-go small business owners who might otherwise only accept cash or checks, including massage therapists, food truck operators and artists who sell their work at outdoor fairs.
Small businesses can start using Local Register by creating an account on http://localregister.amazon…
Credit card complaints Q1 2014: a graphical look
– creditcards.com
What are credit card users angry about? Billing disputes, say the complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the first quarter of 2014
Earning Stories: 7,280 Starpoints on a 4 Night Stay at the Westin Desert Willow Villas
– RewardsCanada.ca
We continue the newest feature here on Rewards Canada, Earning Stories. For years we have provided you with the details on earning points and miles (both regular earning and bonus opportunities) but we haven’t really shown those actual offers in action. That is where Earning Stories comes in. We are showing you the actual earning process and how valuable these earning opportunities can be. This post continues with everything we earned and redeemed with my family’s recent trip to Palm Springs. Here are the posts already up on the blog for our earn and burn:Earning Stories: 5,200 Aeroplan Miles & 250 Gold Plus Rewards Points on a 4 day Hertz Car Rental Redemption Stories: Using Diners Club Club Rewards Points for WestJet flights to get them absolutely freeHotel Review: Westin Desert Willow Villas, Palm Desert Our stay was at the Westin Desert Willow Villas in Palm Desert on a AAA with resort credit rate. I booked it using this promotion we had listed on Rewards Canada’s SPG Bonus Starpoints page:The Earn Away Get Away promotion was Starwood Preferred Guest’s recent systemwide promotion and since our stay included a Sunday night we earned the Triple Starpoints on the entire stay…Amazon to offer credit card reader, mobile app for small businesses
– theglobeandmail.com
The online retailer has its target set on the popular mobile payment system Square with similar pricing
