Registry of Lobbyists
Version 1 of 1 (2006-11-10 to 2007-07-25) was submitted prior to the Lobbying Act coming into force on July 2, 2008. Due to different information requirements at that time, the registration is presented in the following format.
| Organization: |
Interac Association
121 King Street West, Suite 1905 Box 109 Toronto, ON M5H 3T9 Canada |
| Telephone number: | 416-869-5073 |
| Fax number: | 416-869-5096 |
| Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Fred Harris, President and CEO |
| Description of the organization's activities: | Interac Association is responsible for the development and operation of a Canada-wide network of two shared electronic financial services - INTERAC Shared Cash Dispensing at automated banking machines (ABMs) and INTERAC Direct Payment at the point of sale (POS). Shared Cash Dispensing allows cardholders to make cash withdrawals from ABMs not belonging to their own financial institution and is available at more than 47,000 ABMs across Canada. INTERAC Direct Payment is Canada's national debit service, and is accepted at more than 375,000 merchants from coast to coast. |
| Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Interac Association's membership includes banks, trust and loan companies, credit unions and caisses populaires, ABM and POS terminal deployers, payment processors and one merchant. As of October 2006, there are 85 members. |
| Was the organization funded in whole or in part by any domestic or foreign government institution in the last completed financial year? | No |
| Name: | Jeffrey Bos |
| Position title: | Senior Manager, Fraud Management Policy |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Fred Harris |
| Position title: | President and CEO |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Marc-André Lacombe |
| Position title: | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Kirkland Morris |
| Position title: | Director, Strategic Policy and Integration |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Privy Council Office (PCO) | ||||||||
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Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
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Informal communications, Meetings, Presentations, Telephone calls, Written communications, whether in hard copy or electronic format | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Areas of Concern: | Consumer Issues, Financial Institutions, Industry, Justice and Law Enforcement, Taxation and Finance | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Retrospective: | We have apprised government officials of current industry activities relating to chip card technology and responded to government inquiries concerning debit card fraud. | ||||||||
| Subject Matter: Prospective: | We will be engaging in meetings with officials to explore ways in which the federal government can assist to combat debit card fraud and identity theft through new or existing legislation, consumer awareness and education. We will respond to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada's consultation on the debit card code. We may make representations to officials, committees concerning the 2006 review of financial sector legislation and related activity. | ||||||||
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