OTTAWA –
Canada’s telecom regulator says it wants extra time to weigh an software from Telus Corp. to introduce a processing fee for sure clients that pay their payments by credit card.
Starting Monday, most Telus wi-fi and residential service clients who pay their payments by credit card will see a 1.5 per cent credit processing fee, which the corporate has carried out after a category motion settlement cleared the best way for retailers to add a surcharge on credit card funds.
However, Telus has requested for readability from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission round whether or not it’s permitted to add the processing fee to a small subsection of consumers in British Columbia and Alberta.
In a letter despatched to the telecom large final Thursday, the CRTC mentioned it could take till Dec. 6 earlier than there’s a closing determination on the matter which is longer than its preliminary estimate of 45 enterprise days.
Telus first filed the applying on Aug. 8 requesting permission to add a 1.5 per cent processing fee to its phrases of service beginning this fall.
In the applying, Telus mentioned the surcharge is meant “to cover the processing costs that credit card payments incur.”
In an announcement to the Canadian Press in August, Telus mentioned the common price every month can be about $2 per buyer, and that it may be prevented by deciding on one other bill cost choice, resembling debit funds or one-time financial institution funds.
The fee doesn’t apply in Quebec or to clients of Telus’ Koodo subsidiary.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 17, 2022.