Total Number of Communication Reports: 66
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 1 of 19 (2007-08-30 to 2008-03-28) 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 St West Suite 1905 Toronto, ON M5H 3T9 Canada |
Telephone number: | 416-869-5070 |
Fax number: | 416-869-5096 |
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration: | Mark O'Connell, 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 devices- INTERAC Shared Cash Dispensing at automated banking machines and INTERAC Direct Payment at the point of sale. Shared Cash Dispensing allows cardholders to make cash withdrawals from ABMs not belonging to their financial institution and is available at more than 50,000 ABMs across Canada. INTERAC Direct Payment is Canada's national debit service, and is accepted at more than 400,000 merchants from coast to coast. |
Organization's membership or classes of membership: | Interac Association's membership includes banks, trust companies, credit unions and caisses populaires, ABM and POS terminal deployers, payment processors and merchants. |
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: | Marc-André Lacombe |
Position title: | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
Public offices held: | No |
Name: | Kirkland Morris |
Position title: | Assistant Vice-President, Strategic Policy & Programs |
Public offices held: | Yes |
Name: | Mark O'Connell |
Position title: | President & CEO |
Public offices held: | No |
Federal departments or organizations which have been or will be communicated with during the course of the undertaking: | Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), Finance Canada (FIN), Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Industry Canada, Justice Canada (JC), Office of the Superintendant of Financial Institutions, Privy Council Office (PCO) | ||||||
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 recent industry activities relating to chip card technology. We have also responded to government inquiries concerning debit card fraud and money laundering risks. | ||||||
Subject Matter: Prospective: | We will be meeting with officials to provide information about the upcoming introduction of chip technology for payment cards in Canada and will respond to inquiries about same.We will me meeting with officials to understand plans for identity theft legislation and to promote means of combating debit card fraud, and money laundering. We may make representations on consumer issues in the financial system. | ||||||
Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
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This is the responsible officer name as provided in the most recent registration for the corporation or organization.
Name | From | To |
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Interac Association | 2009-01-15 | 2018-02-01 |
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Registrants are required to submit a monthly communication report for each oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder. The name of the most senior paid officer (i.e. the registrant) will appear on all in-house monthly communication reports, whether or not he/she participated in the communication.
Note: Monthly Communication Reports are due on the 15th day of each month for communications that took place in the previous month.
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