A month after Walmart Canada stopped accepting Visa cards at their Manitoba stores, Visa released an incentive to shop elsewhere using their card.
Visa’s new promotion offers a $10 rebate to any cardholder’s next bill who spends $50 at a Manitoba grocery store after Walmart banned the use of the card at its stores in the province. Cardholders have to register online before Nov. 15.
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The promotion doesn’t mention Walmart but a Visa spokesperson said in a statement, “We hope this eases the inconvenience for Visa cardholders in Manitoba who cannot use their card everywhere they may want to.”
Walmart Canada and Visa have been locked in a battle over merchant fees, since the retail giant declared back in June that it paid more than $100 million in annual fees and would stop accepting the credit card.
Global News reached out to Walmart Canada for a comment but has not heard back yet.
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