Toronto, ON., April 24, 2025 – Smooth Commerce, a leading provider of white-label digital ordering, loyalty, and engagement solutions for quick-service and fast-casual restaurant chains, hotels, and other hospitality and foodservice businesses, now offers Interac® Debit for In-App and In-Browser payments through Apple Pay and Google Pay. Harvest Clean Eats, a rising Canadian fast-casual brand, is the first Smooth Commerce client to go live with the new functionality, marking a major milestone in Smooth’s new enablement of integrating Interac Debit through Apple Pay and Google Pay and its continued investment in digital commerce innovation.
This enablement positions Smooth Commerce as an innovative middleware to drive operational savings to restaurants and hospitality businesses in Canada by integrating Interac Debit. The rollout begins with Harvest Clean Eats, a health-focused fast-casual concept recognized on the 2025 Oracle 20 Fast Casual Brands to Watch list and will continue with several other clients in the weeks ahead.
“Launching Harvest Clean Eats as our first Interac Debit for In-App and In-Browser payments client is a proud moment for our team,” said Roberto Sarjoo, President of Smooth Commerce. “Their commitment to fast, fresh, and convenient dining made them a natural fit to pilot this functionality. This milestone represents the start of a broader effort to bring modern, cost-effective payment and digital hospitality solutions to clients across Canada, and to empower them with tools that reflect the way customers want to transact today.”
Connor Stoilov, Founder and CEO of Harvest Clean Eats, added:
“As we continue to grow across Canada, we’re always looking for ways to enhance the experience for our customers—both in terms of convenience and value. Smooth Commerce has been a strong partner in helping us expand our digital capabilities, and the addition of Interac Debit through Apple and Google Pay aligns perfectly with our mission to make clean, fast dining more accessible, affordable, and modern.”
Enabling Interac Debit: Benefits for Clients and Customers
With this integration, all Smooth Commerce-powered web and mobile apps will now support Interac Debit payments through Apple and Google Pay, giving customers greater choice and convenience. For clients, the feature delivers operational and financial benefits, including:
- Reduced transaction fees: Interac Debit transactions typically incur lower transaction fees compared to credit cards—an important consideration for high-volume foodservice businesses.
- Real-time settlement with no chargebacks: Interac Debit transactions follow a “good funds” model, meaning payments are transferred instantly from the customer’s bank account to the client’s account. This ensures immediate access to funds and eliminates the risk of chargebacks.
- Frictionless checkout experiences: Digital wallet usage continues to rise, and this integration ensures clients can meet customer expectations for seamless payment options.
- Drive loyalty and engagement: By offering flexible, secure payment options, clients can strengthen their relationship with customers, encouraging repeat business.
“This enablement is another step in our commitment to providing Canadian businesses with payment solutions that fit their customers’ lifestyle,” says Chris Lee, Head, Interac Debit, at Interac Corp. (Interac). “We know consumers want choice in how they pay and by integrating Interac Debit into the Smooth Commerce platform, Interac is providing the tools clients need to offer customers a secure, frictionless and convenient way to pay.”
According to an Interac survey, 71 per cent of Canadians polled1 believe there should always be the option to pay by debit when making digital payments, whether online or in person. With this capability now live, Smooth Commerce clients are well-positioned to meet this consumer expectation while gaining better control over processing costs and delivering a more seamless checkout experience.
Driving Innovation in Foodservice Technology
This new feature is part of Smooth Commerce’s ongoing mission to provide industry-leading digital solutions for its clients. Clients powered by Smooth Commerce will now be able to access Apple Pay and Google Pay with no additional setup required, ensuring they are equipped to meet the demands of today’s digital-savvy customers.
For more information about Smooth Commerce and its digital ordering solutions, visit www.smooth.tech.
About Smooth Commerce
Smooth Commerce is a leading platform and service provider offering innovative digital commerce, loyalty, and engagement solutions. The platform enables businesses to deliver seamless digital ordering experiences, personalized marketing, and robust loyalty programs that drive sales, customer engagement and operational efficiencies. By integrating with key systems like POS, payments, marketing platforms, and delivery services, Smooth empowers clients to regain control of their data, expand their reach, and thrive in the evolving digital marketplace.
For more information, visit Smooth.tech or follow Smooth Commerce on LinkedIn.
Media Contact: Michael Kostoff – michael@smooth.tech
About Interac Corp.
Interac empowers Canadians to transact digitally with confidence by providing payment and value exchange services. In helping to develop the future of money movement in Canada, security is at the core of everything we do. We help keep Canadian customers safe and secure when transacting. With nearly 300 financial institutions connected to our network, Canadians choose Interac products over 20 million times a day on average to exchange money. Interac champions workplace culture, community, and corporate citizenship. We are proud to be one of Canada’s leading and most trusted financial brands.
To learn more about Interac Debit, click here.
About Harvest Clean Eats
Established in 2020, HARVEST Clean Eats is a Halifax-based fast-casual restaurant with nine locations. HARVEST offers a selection of delicious power bowls, salads, sandwiches, smoothies, and specialty coffee. HARVEST’s chef-driven dishes are made with only the best quality fresh ingredients that are made in-house, from scratch daily. HARVEST’s goal is to transform the way people think about healthy eating while spreading the word about sustainability in restaurant systems. Make HARVEST your new morning coffee, healthy lunch, daytime hang, late dinner, or post-workout spot!
Find HARVEST at harvestcleaneats.ca or on Instagram @harvestcleaneats
Franchise Inquiries: Connor Stoilov connor@orderharvest.ca
General Inquiries: Baylee Hood – baylee@orderharvest.ca
Marketing/Media Inquiries: VM Creative Consulting info@vmcreativeconsulting.com
1 Hill+Knowlton Strategies, survey conducted via Morning Consult panel services with 1,502 Canadian adults from June 16–18, 2023. Sampling quotas and weighting based on 2016 Canadian Census data. Margin of error: ±2.5%, 19 times out of 20.
