[__turbobrew__]

I have a visa card with a Canadian bank and get transaction messages within 5 seconds of payment usually. Maybe it is a per bank thing?

[phrotoma]

It's a per country thing. Card txns in the US are bananas arcane byzantine nightmares. (Source: worked at Canadas largest bank on txn processing software).

[spacebanana7]

I also get transaction notifications at a similar speed in the UK, in pretty much all of my bank accounts.