FRIDAY JANUARY 28, 2005

SYMCOR APPOINTS NEW CEO

Ed Kilroy has been named Chief Executive Officer, Symcor Inc., according to an announcement by Fred Tomczyk, Symcor’s Chairman of The Board, and Vice-Chairman, Corporate Operations TD Bank Financial Services. As of January 10, Kilroy leads Symcor’s continued strategy to combine efficient conventional transactions with new technology to help transform and enhance their customers’ businesses. He most recently served as President, IBM Canada. Symcor Inc. is a leading North American provider of business process outsourcing, including check processing, payment processing, statement production and document management services. Read more: www.symcor.com

Symcor also recently announced a 10-year agreement with Laurentian Bank of Canada to provide image-based check processing services across Canada. The agreement is valued at approximately $20 million and is expected to start Spring 2005.

CANADA POST SAYS : GO FETCH^TM

Launched January 24 in Calgary, FETCH^TM was developed by Canada Post to help consumers take control of how, when and where they interact with advertisers. Calgarians will see the FETCH^TM symbol in magazine advertisements, billboards, television, online and hear the FETCH^TM sound on the radio. To request more information about the product or service advertised, or to participate in a special offer, consumers simply look for the FETCH^TM keyword and call 1-877-FETCH-03, or text the defined keyword to FETCH (33824) using the text messaging feature on their mobile phone. Calgarians are also being encouraged to register as a FETCH^TM user via the website for even faster response: www.fetch4.info Aside from being instantaneous, the service is completely anonymous. User information is never shared with any of the advertising partners. Personal privacy is completely protected by Canada Post.

To date, twelve organizations in the Calgary area (including Shoppers Drug Mart, Safeway, Telus, Domino’s Pizza, Royal Lepage, H&R Block, CitiFinancial) will be using FETCH^TM . The service is the result of three years of work between Canada Post and its development partners: Sun Microsystems, Pulse, Impact Mobile, CGI and Innovapost. Click here to read more.

FEBRUARY DECLARED FRAUD AWARENESS MONTH

Hans Wobbe, President DataFix, and NAMMU Director Data Management and Privacy, will be participating and reporting relevant issues from the four main sessions taking place during the month of February, declared FRAUD AWARENESS MONTH by Visa Canada, the RCMP and the Competition Bureau. Among other issues, Hans will be representing NAMMU member interests in mail fraud activities, detection and prevention. Questions: hwobbe@datafix.com

DATA ACCESS AND PRIVACY: HOT TOPICS FOR TORONTO CHAPTER

Ron Moss, Toronto Chapter Director, kicks off 2005 with two HOT topics: Data Quality; Data Access & Privacy Considerations. The session takes place February 17th, Board of Trade (Downtown), 9:00AM – 12:00 noon. Meeting notice will provide registration options. Questions: ron.moss@hbc.com

CELEBRATING NEW PREMISES – AND 25 YEARS OF BUSINESS

The mood was fun and the atmosphere light, as two NAMMU members held an “open house” at their new premises, and celebrated 25 years of Wood & Associates Direct Marketing Services Inc. business success (www.wood-and-associates.com). On hand to greet their customers and guests: Annabelle Wood, President, Wood & Associates Direct Marketing Services Ltd., and Ralph Bain, Chief Operating Officer; as well as Keith Jackman, President KCJ Group, and Ken Chance, Vice-President. According to Annabelle Wood: “Twenty-five years in business is quite a milestone to achieve these days and we are extremely grateful to all of our clients who have partnered with us along the way.” Photo: Click here