MARKHAM, ON – Everlink Payment Services Inc. is pleased to announce that Steinbach Credit Union – Manitoba’s largest credit union and the seventh largest in Canada- will begin leveraging a combination of Everlink Instant Card Issuance (ICI) and Central Card Issuance (CCI) to issue Interac Flash™ enabled debit cards over the next 5 years.

“Steinbach Credit Union has joined a list of forward thinking credit unions nationwide that have entrusted Everlink as their debit card issuance partner,” says Mark Ripplinger, President & CEO at Everlink. “By selecting a combination of our Instant Card Issuance and Central Card Issuance solutions to satisfy their debit card issuance needs, Steinbach Credit Union will be able to advance their goal of providing products and services that are tailored to meet every member’s individual needs in the best way possible.”

“SCU has continued on our path to success by remaining focused on our growth philosophy of one member, one product and one service at a time,” said Glenn Friesen, CEO of Steinbach Credit Union. “In the process, we have built a sense of community that’s resulted in member service levels that are virtually unseen anywhere else in the financial industry. We believe that Everlink’s blended solution of Central and Instant Card Issuance will give us the flexibility to deliver Interac Flash™ enabled cards in a manner that will exceed member expectations.”

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

Everlink’s CCI solution enables financial institutions to reliably and cost-effectively produce 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 our latest brochure: Contactless is More

Steinbach Credit Union began operations in 1941 with 95 members and assets of under $1,000. Today, and with just three branches, SCU has surpassed $4 billion in total assets which maintains their hold on being Manitoba’s largest credit union, and the seventh largest credit union in Canada. SCU serves more than 80,000 consumer, business and agriculture members with locations in Steinbach and Winnipeg.

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.