April 6, 2021

On March 2, 2021, Interac Corp. announced its role as the exchange solution provider for Canada's new real-time payments system, the Real-Time Rail (RTR). Interac has been selected by Payments Canada to design, build, and operate the technology platform and infrastructure underlying the RTR, leveraging the technology behind the Interac e-Transfer service.

Amy-Lynne Williams of DWW joined forces with Wendy Gross at Osler to represent Interac Corp. in the negotiation of the agreement for the new Real-Time Rail system. The Interac team included the amazing Faster Payments business, technical and legal teams, led by Kirkland Morris, Vice President, Enterprise Initiatives & External Affairs, Keith Ajmani, Vice President, Platform Engineering and Transformation, and Patrick Riesterer, Senior Legal Counsel at Interac.

Deeth Williams Wall congratulates Interac Corp. on this critical new venture.

Amy-Lynne Williams is a leading practitioner in IT law in Canada and a founding member of the firm. She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as the Lawyer of the Year for Information Technology Law (Toronto)(2021); named a Thought Leader in Data, Information Technology by Who's Who Legal (2019, 2020); listed as Most Frequently Recommended for Computer and IT Law by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2020); a Band 1 practitioner by Chambers and Partners Canada Guide; by Experts Guides: Best of the Best Global, and by Lexpert in the  Lexpert / American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (2021). See Amy-Lynne’s complete profile.