Interac: Canada's Leading Pay Brand

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Interac is Canada’s leading payment brand and is recognized as the world leaser in debit card services. Interac is owned by the Interac association and Acxsys Corporation. The brand is chosen an average of 12 million times daily to pay and exchange money (Canada NewsWire, 2015). Interac Association started in 1984 and 1984 as a cooperative project between five Canadian financial institutions. The Financial institutions were Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Toronto-Dominion Bank and la Confédération des caisses populaires et d’économies Desjardins du Québec. The purpose of the association was to create a single national shared network to give Canadians broader access …show more content…

Interac Flash is a great innovation that has made our lives easier. Interac Flash is Canada’s first contactless debit solutions. This service is known to make purchases quickly, securely and conveniently. To make a payment using Interac flash, one simply needs to hold their access card in front of the paying terminal that has the flash terminal option. Once, the terminal has beeped or shows an “approved” message, it means the transaction was completed. The purchase will be automatically debited from your bank account. Almost all Canadian financial institutions provide access cards with Interac flash. Also, many merchants participate in Interac Flash. This service is well known by “Tap to …show more content…

However, Interac allows you to pay with Interac debits on Apple pay, Android Pay and Samsung pay. Apple pay was launched in May 2016 and Interac debit on Android and Samsung pay was released in 2017.These are methods using applications on android phones version 4.4 or higher and iPhone models of iPhone 6 or later or with a Apple watch paired with an iPhone 5 or later. Watches could also be used to pay using Interac Flash and it is just as secured as phones and debit cards. When paying with mobile phones you can be very secure as you will need to use a passcode and Touch ID verification to

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