Ikea Canada to accept PayPal for online purchases

BURLINGTON — Ikea Canada is adding a PayPal payment option for online purchases from the home furnishings company.

The Swedish retailer says it wants to make Ikea more accessible to Canadians.

PayPal has about 6.4 million active user accounts in Canada.

The service is an alternative to credit and debit cards, which Ikea Canada will continue to accept.

Walmart stopped taking the Visa credit card at some of its stores in Thunder Bay on Monday in a dispute over fees.

Walmart claims credit card fees in Canada are too high by international standards and has threatened to ban the use of Visa cards at all 400 of its stores in the country.