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countries, they are among the heaviest users of debit cards to make purchases at retail stores. But Canada’s payment system has … to make inroads in Canada. Cheques, which are relatively costly and slow to clear, are still widely used, with about one … billion of them written annually in Canada. And Canadian debit cards lack features taken for granted in other parts of the …