MARKHAM, ON– Everlink Payment Services Inc. is pleased to announce that Credit Union Electronic Account Management Services (CEAMS) – an association of 43 credit unions in Saskatchewan and Manitoba representing 253,000 credit union members and $8.9 billion in assets – will begin leveraging Everlink’s Central Card Issuance (CCI) solution to begin issuing Interac Flash™ enabled debit cards in 2014.

“Everlink’s industry-leading Central Card Issuance solution was developed with the needs of credit unions in mind,” says Mark Ripplinger, President & CEO at Everlink. “With this solution CEAMS will be able to offer their members across Saskatchewan secure and innovative debit cards leveraging the latest contactless technology while remaining incredibly cost-effective.”

“CEAMS is excited to partner with Everlink to bring to our credit unions a debit card product that combines the convenience of Interac Flash™ and the security of EMV chip technology” says Alister Lowe, General Manager of the CEAMS Association. The partnership will provide “expanded opportunities for CEAMS credit unions to promote their individual brand and leverage refreshed debit card design.”

Everlink’s CCI solution enables financial institutions to reliably and cost-effectively produce contactless and EMV Chip debit cards from a secure central facility, offering distribution options to send the cards directly to the member/customer or to the branch.

For more information on Everlink’s contactless card issuing solutions, download the latest brochure: Contactless is More

The Credit Union Electronic Account Management Services (CEAMS) Association is a group of credit unions interested and committed to working to obtain the best technology services available. Through the CEAMS organization, members derive value through the benefits of combining the strategic assets and strengths of credit unions. CEAMS works to gain economies of scale for its members.

Everlink Payment Services Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive, innovative and integrated payments solutions and services for credit unions, banks, and independent sales organizations across Canada. In addition to supplying best-in-breed technology infrastructure and payment network connectivity via our well established Payment Network Gateway, we offer a diversified range of integrated payments Lines of Business including: ATM Managed Services, Card Issuance & Management, Fraud Management, POS Acquiring and Professional Services.

Everlink is celebrating 10 Years of Delivering Payment Innovations! Visit www.everlink.ca to learn more.

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Interac and Interac Flash are trade-marks of Interac Inc. Used under license.