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How will InteracMD products factor in to holiday spending? 07/12/2011 Read more
Interac Flash™ to be accepted at Petro-Canada locations across Canada. 08/06/11 Read more
Interac® security tips to help Canadians fight debit card fraud. 21/03/11 Read more
Are you a secure online shopper? Driving Internet security awareness with Interac® tips. 01/03/11 Read more
Canadians Increasingly Positive about Their Financial Circumstances. 03/02/11 Read more
Interac® holiday spend data provides insight into Canadian shopping trends. 09/12/10 Read more
Person-to-Person Payments go Mobile with Interac e-Transfer™. 07/12/10 Read more
Interac® Debit on the Menu at Tim Hortons. 23/11/10 Read more
Scotiabank and RBC first to put Interac Flash™ in customers' wallets. 16/11/10 Read more
International Card Acceptance service expands to majority of Interac® network of ABMs within one year of signing agreements with UnionPay and PULSE. 18/10/10 Read more
Are Canadians too polite when it comes to collecting owed money? 28/09/10 Read more
Back-to-school Shopping - Interac® Online Offers Tips to Save Time and Money. 16/08/10 Read more
Interac Flash™ Introduced to Market. 17/06/10 Read more
Scotiabank Joins Growing International Card ABM Acquiring Service Allowing Greater Access to the Interac® Network of ABMs. 14/06/10 Read more
Interac Association/Acxsys Corporation adopt Federal Government's Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry in Canada. 13/05/10 Read more
Interac® welcomes final Code of Conduct for Debit and Credit Payments in Canada. 16/04/10 Read more
Interac® Online Makes Income Tax Payments Simple. 31/03/10 Read more
Interac® Reminds Canadians to Practice Debit Card Safety During Fraud Prevention Month. 03/03/10 Read More
Interac Association remains optimistic that with other variations to the Consent Order, a new competitive business model is achievable. 12/02/10 Read More
Interac® Offers Tips to Ensure a Smooth Online Shopping Experience this Holiday Season. 10/12/09 Read More
Interac® sees principles of Government of Canada's proposed Code of Conduct as a positive framework to build on. 19/11/09 Read More
Interac® Celebrates 25 Years of Connecting Canadians to their Money. 09/11/09 Read More
Interac® Online now available at Indigo Books & Music Inc. 05/11/09 Read More
Interac® Study Reveals Three-quarters of Canadians Still Using Personal Cheques. 28/10/09 Read More
Interac® Online Now Being Offered Through Canada Revenue Agency. 02/10/09 Read More
Interac® and China Unionpay Collaborate to Provide Chinese Travellers Access to Canadian ABMs. 28/09/09 Read More
Interac® and PULSE® collaborate to provide cash access in Canada for Diners Club, Discover and PULSE cardholders. 31/08/09 Read More
Interac® Partners with Global Leader INSIDE to bring Contactless Debit to Canada. 15/07/09 Read More
It's Canadian, Eh! Interac® Tests the Nation's Knowledge of All Things Canadian. 25/06/09 Read More
Interac® and Retail Council of Canada Announce Top Applicant of 2009 Retail as a Career Scholarship Program. 02/06/09 Read More
Interac® Online adds Rogers Wireless and Fido to its growing list of merchants. 11/05/09 Read More
Interac Association Supports Proposed Legislation to Help Combat Identity Theft. 31/03/09 Read More
Interac Association Encourages Canadians To Put Their Fraud Prevention Smarts to the Test. 03/03/09 Read More
Interac® Reveals the Year’s Busiest Shopping Day. 28/12/08 Read More
Interac® survey finds Canadians implementing budget-friendly strategies this holiday season. 04/12/08 Read More
Prospera Credit Union First To Offer Interac® e-Transfer by Leveraging MemberDirect® Services. 01/12/08 Read More
Interac Chip Transition Goes National. 28/10/08 Read more
Interac Association Promotes Debit Card Safety Tips During Fraud Prevention Month. 5/3/08 Read more
Interac® Rolls Out its Magic Truck. 5/11/07 Read more
Interac Association marks payments industry milestone with the first Interac chip debit card transaction. 12/9/07
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Interac Direct Payment tops 31 million transactions during the year's busiest shopping days. 26/12/06 Read more
Debit card fraud at gas stations declines by 60 per cent. 14/12/06 Read more
Members of the payment industry announce chip technology trial. 29/11/06 Read more
Survey shows Canadians not shielding their debit card PIN regularly. 19/10/06 Read more
Payment industry comes together to ensure smooth migration to chip technology in Canada. 13/3/06 Read more
Interac Association sets chip conversion deadlines. 24/10/05 Read more
Interac Association announces decision to move to “chip” for Interac Shared services. 16/2/05 Read more
