Registry of Lobbyists
Total Number of Communication Reports: 66
Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0
Version 2 of 19 (2008-03-28 to 2009-01-15) 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 |
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| 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: | Frank Andreacchi |
| Position title: | CFO and Vice President, Corporate Services |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Jeffrey Bos |
| Position title: | Director, Fraud Management Operations |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Nicky Cameron |
| Position title: | Vice President, Marketing and Communications |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Caroline Hubberstey |
| Position title: | Director, Public and Government Affairs |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Marc-André Lacombe |
| Position title: | Chief Legal and Development Officer |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Kirkland Morris |
| Position title: | Vice President, Enterprise Strategy |
| Public offices held: | Yes |
| Name: | Mark O'Connell |
| Position title: | President & CEO |
| Public offices held: | No |
| Name: | Tina Romano |
| Position title: | Manager, Marketing and Communications |
| 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), Members of the House of Commons, Office of the Superintendant of Financial Institutions, Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada | ||||||||||||
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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 recent industry activities relating to chip card technology. We have also responded to government inquiries concerning debit card fraud and money laundering risks. We have met with officials concerning issues relating to identity theft. | ||||||||||||
| 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 with regard to 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. | ||||||||||||
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