{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_qistf3ieb667nbfna3tq","title":"Interac’s Konek Wallet Takes Aim at Visa and Mastercard in Canada","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/interacs-konek-wallet-takes-aim-at-visa-and-mastercard-in-canada-qistf3ieb6","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_qistf3ieb667nbfna3tq","seq":741374,"kind":"article","title":"Interac’s Konek Wallet Takes Aim at Visa and Mastercard in Canada","url":"https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/09/29/interac-konek-wallet-visa-mastercard-canada","summary":"Canada’s Interac-backed Konek wallet is expanding to more online checkouts, giving shoppers a way to pay directly from their bank accounts instead of using Visa, Mastercard or American Express. Interac said Tuesday that Global Payments will enable Konek across its Canadian merchant network, potentially bringing the digital wallet to thousands of businesses. The rollout starts […] The post Interac’s Konek Wallet Takes Aim at Visa and Mastercard in Canada first appeared on…","published":"2026-09-29T16:45:48Z","seen":"2026-09-29T18:12:47Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-iphoneincanada-ca-74c8b3","name":"iphoneincanada.ca","domain":"iphoneincanada.ca"},"via":"kite-iphoneincanada-ca-74c8b3","topics":["apple","news","interac","konek"],"authors":["Austin Blake"],"entities":[{"id":"Q20814310","name":"Visa","type":"org"},{"id":"Q489921","name":"Mastercard","type":"org"}],"story":"st_qistf3ieb667nbfna3tq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.7900000214576721,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.1899999976158142,"political":0.10999999940395355}]}