Credit card processing in Iqaluit, NU
Iqaluit is Nunavut's capital and only city, reached by air or summer sealift, where businesses depend on satellite connectivity and high-cost shipping.
Iqaluit business, from Downtown Iqaluit to Apex
Government offices, stores, restaurants and hotels serve residents and visiting workers.
Receipts carry GST only, and Inuit art is sold to visitors.
Business districts: Downtown Iqaluit · Apex · Airport area · Happy Valley · Tundra Valley · Plateau
Commercial corridors: Federal Road · Queen Elizabeth Way · Mivvik Street · Astro Hill Road
Card fees in Iqaluit, legally
Under FCAC's national guidance, hotels in Iqaluit can pass on credit card costs up to 2.4% or cost, whichever is lower, once the processor has written notice and customers are told before paying; never on debit or prepaid.
Province-by-province surcharge table · general information, not legal advice
Which pricing suits stores?
Stores need offline store-and-forward. Hotels need pre-authorizations. Art sellers need fraud checks on shipped items.
POS for hotels, art sellers and more
- Stores
- Offline mode and satellite backup, set up around how stores in Iqaluit sell.
- Hotels
- Pre-authorizations, set up around how hotels in Iqaluit sell.
- Art sellers
- Mobile terminals, set up around how art sellers in Iqaluit sell.
Send one statement. Every fee named, back, usually within 4 hours.
It is free, there is nothing to sign and nothing to cancel. We read your current merchant statement line by line, name every fee on it — including the ones buried in the fee schedule — work out your true effective rate, and send the written analysis back, usually within 4 hours. Do not want to wait? Call 1-888-705-7896 and we will read your statement with you on the call in about 5 minutes.
Asked by Iqaluit merchants
Use offline mode.
GST only.
Under FCAC's national guidance, hotels in Iqaluit can pass on credit card costs up to 2.4% or cost, whichever is lower, once the processor has written notice and customers are told before paying; never on debit or prepaid.
Yes, pre-programmed.