Credit card processing in Mississauga, ON
Mississauga surrounds Pearson airport, so logistics, warehousing and corporate head offices dominate, alongside a very diverse small-business base.
Mississauga business, from City Centre / Square One to Port Credit
Square One and City Centre hold retail and restaurants, and industrial areas near the airport house distributors and freight firms.
South Asian, Middle Eastern and Filipino restaurants and grocers serve large communities, and Port Credit's waterfront draws weekend crowds.
Business districts: City Centre / Square One · Port Credit · Streetsville · Malton · Meadowvale · Airport Corporate Centre
Commercial corridors: Lakeshore Road East · Hurontario Street · Dundas Street West · Burnhamthorpe Road · Queensway East · Derry Road · Britannia Road · Eglinton Avenue West · Winston Churchill Boulevard
Passing on card costs in Mississauga
For grocers in Mississauga, a credit card surcharge is allowed under FCAC's guidance if it stays within 2.4% and your cost, the processor has written notice and the fee is disclosed before the sale; debit cannot carry one.
Province-by-province surcharge table · information, not legal advice
Which pricing suits airport-area distributors?
Distributors near Pearson should use pre-authorized debit and commercial card data. Grocers with many Interac customers need per-transaction debit pricing. Restaurants benefit from interchange-plus.
POS for grocers, port Credit restaurants and more
- Airport-area distributors
- Invoicing and pre-authorized debit, set up around how airport-area distributors in Mississauga sell.
- Grocers
- Fast lanes and Interac-friendly pricing, set up around how grocers in Mississauga sell.
- Port Credit restaurants
- Tip adjustment and patio terminals, set up around how port Credit restaurants in Mississauga 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.
Mississauga merchant questions
Pre-authorized debit for large invoices and commercial card data.
No. Interac Debit cannot be directly surcharged by merchants.
Wireless pay-at-table terminals.
As separate lines; see CRA guidance GI-200.