> I didn't find it at all any less ergonimical than a traditional note They also have braille markings, which is very nice for our visually impaired friends :-)
-- Jean-Baptiste PERRIER On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Jonathan Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/12/2016 21:54, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > These are the questions I had asked of Canadians as debconf will be > > happening there (in the context of demonitization which took place in > > India) > > > > https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2016/12/18/ > demonetisation-indian-state-and-world/ > > I can't see how the questions below fit into that question, but I'll > take a stab at it anyway :) > > > The queries/questions are as under - > > > > 1. How much of Canada’s economy is cashless i.e used to Electronic > > Money Transfer and other means (but not cash) and how much is cash, > > more in day-to-day usage and transactions. I am trying to get people’s > > perspective rather than some website which may serve only raw numbers, > > although even that would be appreciable. > > Quebec has it's own interbank system called Interac > (https://interac.ca/en/about/our-company.html). Quebec is a very proud > and independent region and for many historical reasons they want to > stand on their own, which is why they support their local systems. Some > vendors will support only Interac for debit card transactions (at least > this was the case when I stayed there the beginning of this decade, it > might have changed a bit). *Most* vendors (including supermarkets like > Provigo, Metro, etc) will accept major credit and debit cards, although > Mastercard isn't accepted as widely there as Visa is. So, if you have > one of both, load up your Visa card instead of your Mastercard or get a > prepaid Visa card from your bank. They support chip cards everywhere so > don't worry about that. If you have a 5 digit pin on any of your cards > and a vendor asks you for a 4 digit pin, it will work 90%+ of the times > if you just enter the first 4 digits, but it's usually a good idea to go > change your pin to a 4 digit just to be safe. > > > 2. Also what, if any charges/commission are paid to a Canadian bank > > for paying via card/electronic money transfer. I ask as India has > > reduced charges overall to 1% from 2% for making transactions upto INR > > 2000 in a day. > > > > I am sure there are and would be forex conversion charges as well as > > charges from home bank (whose card you bought) but from my limited > > experience in South Africa, there were also differences in > > charges/commission used by other bank ATMs in the same precises. Any > > idea or possibility of knowing which is good. > > That depends on a few factors, but a good basic rule of thumb is, pay > for as much as you can on a Visa card and minimize your cash usage if > you want to minimize transaction costs. > > ATM charges will be equivalent to South Africa on an ATM with all the > usual Visa/Mastercard/Maestro/etc symbols. If you see an ATM with only > an Interac logo, it will probably either charge you more or just won't > work with your card (but I wouldn't take the chance, it's not fun when > an ATM swallows your card in a foreign country). > > > 3. There has also been recent talk of plastic notes instead of paper > > currency. Plastic notes are supposed to be more copy-proof and also > > will work for much longer time. They will not soil as paper notes do. > > > > How have countries been looking at Plastic currencies. I do suspect > > there would be issues while destroying plastic money vis-a-vis paper > > currencies. > > I wouldn't worry about that, when I last stayed there they had just > introduced the $20 plastic bill. It's really nice to handle and while it > sounds weird at first, I didn't find it at all any less ergonimical than > a traditional note (I don't call it a 'paper note' since traditional > notes contain a lot more cotton and linen than actual paper). > > -Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss >
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