“The Canadian Federal of Independent Businesses, which represents almost 110,000 small- and medium-sized concerns, teamed up with financial commentator Gail Vaz-Oxlade today to launch a campaign for ‘Credit Free Friday.’  ‘Very few consumers know than $5-7-billion each year in credit card processing fees is embedded in the cost of everything they buy, and with ever-higher tiers of premium cards hitting the market, that cost is only going up,’ CFIB president Dan Kelly said as he launched the campaign. ‘As consumers are often unaware that the merchant loses between 2-3.5 per cent of a credit card sale, Credit Free Fridays can be a great way to support small firms.'”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/top-business-stories/small-businesses-want-us-to-ditch-our-credit-cards-every-friday/article15293340/

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