MARKHAM, ON – Everlink Payment Services Inc. today announced that its 2015 annual client conference – Connections – will be held at the Hilton Fallsview Hotel and Suites in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The well-known two day conference, which is attended by payments and financial institution executives from across Canada, will begin on Monday October 19 and end Tuesday October 20.

“Everlink’s annual Connections client conference is an opportunity for us to bring our clients and partners together and provide them with invaluable insight into the state of the Payments ecosystem,” says Mark Ripplinger, President & CEO at Everlink. “Due to the very positive response we received after hosting our 2014 client conference in Niagara Falls, we decided to hold it at the same location in 2015. In the coming months we will be making additional announcements introducing – among other things – our lineup of expert speakers and panelists and topics that are sure to stimulate ideas and discussions regarding the payments industry, where it’s been, where it is, and where it’s going.”

94% of those surveyed at Connections 2014: 10 Years of Payment Innovations stated that they plan on attending Connections 2015, and 100% that it fulfilled their reason for attending.

A number of industry-leading organizations sponsored the 2014 conference including:

The keynote speaker was the host of CBC’s “Under the Influence” Terry O’Reilly.

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.

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