One unique feature Stripe brings to ThunderPOS is support for Canadian customers, including processing Canadian debit cards.
Setting this up is a snap! Just follow the normal process for setting up a Stripe account, covered in our previous blog post, and make certain you set your address to be Canadian on your account. Even if the specific location has a Canadian address, you will only be able to do Canadian debit or Canadian dollars if the base account address is in Canada, so make certain that you are set correctly when you’re creating the account.
Within the point of sale, there’s just a few settings you’ll need to make certain you turn on. The default currency in Stripe Settings for ThunderPOS is US Dollars, so you’ll need to flip that to Canadian Dollars. If you want to support Interac, the Canadian Debit processing network, you’ll need to check the box for that.
When you’re processing and the amount is displayed to the customer, you can easily verify that you have all of this correct – the amount will be listed as, for example, CA$3.50 instead of simply $3.50. All amounts in your Stripe dashboard will also be displayed in your currency of choice.
We hope this option for integrating payments will be of help to our Canadian customers!