MARKHAM, ON, JANUARY 7, 2016 – Everlink Payment Services Inc. announced today that it has entered into a strategic long-term partnership with the Credit Union Central of Manitoba Limited (CUCM) to deliver Everlink’s comprehensive Card Issuance Solutions to eight Manitoba credit unions.

“Our team is thrilled with the decision made by CUCM to partner with Everlink to bring Interac Flash® technology to small and mid-sized credit unions in Manitoba.” says Mark Ripplinger, President & CEO at Everlink. “In conjunction with our current client base, this partnership further solidifies our technology, solutions and client-centric approach as the standard for Manitoba Credit Unions, and the preferred choice for Canadian credit unions as a whole.”

“We at CUCM are very pleased to be acting as the contract sponsor for this group of credit unions. These collaborative credit unions came together with a common need and will see benefits through a group arrangement, while still maintaining flexibility in how they want to deploy the new cards to their own members” says Wilson Griffiths, Senior Vice President of Member Solutions at CUCM.

Everlink’s Instant Card Issuance (ICI) solution features a choice of high-definition in-branch financial card printers that can instantly produce a fully functional and personalized debit card with customizable images and graphics within minutes of a member/customer signing up at the branch. Everlink’s ICI solution enhances the overall member/customer experience by supporting the immediate issuance of new debit cards for new members/customers, or the immediate replacement of damaged, lost or stolen debit cards for existing members/customers, at the branch level.

Everlink’s Central Card Issuance (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.

Credit Union Central of Manitoba (CUCM) is the trade association and service provider for the province’s 34 autonomous credit unions. CUCM manages liquidity reserves, monitors credit granting procedures and provides trade services in areas such as corporate governance, government relations, representation and advocacy. CUCM also provides payment and settlement systems, banking, treasury, human resources, research, communications, marketing, planning, lending, product/service R&D, business consulting and legal services to credit unions. CUCM is financed through assessments and fee income derived through its operations.

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, Merchant Services and Professional Services.

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