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Canada's Interac Association has certified Triton Systems of Delaware Inc.'s RL2000 ATM to accept chip card transactions. The RL2000 is a standalone ATM model deployed in convenience stores and in off-premise bank locations. Members of the Canadian payment card industry, which includes Interac, Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., announced in 2006 the industry will begin migrating to chip cards supported by the EMV antifraud standard by 2010 to provide greater security for card transactions. By the end of next year, 50% of the ATMs operating in Canada have to be chip-certified, Shaun King, Triton vice president of international sales in Calgary, tells ATM&Debit News, a CardLine Global sister publication. By 2012, 100% of ATMs must be chip-certified, King says. Toronto-based Interac, Canada's debit card network, says financial institutions have deployed 57,864 ATMs nationwide. The certification for Triton affects 2,000 ATMs in Canada sold after January 2008, King says. Most distributors purchased the RL 2000s with an EMV chip card reader, but some of the machines may need additional software, Chuck Hayes, Triton vice president of product management, tells ATM&Debit News. Interac also certified Calypso Canada, which switches Triton ATM transactions to Moneris Solutions, which serves a gateway to the Interac network. Interac also certified Moneris to handle Triton transactions. Triton, which is based in the United States, is in the process of securing certification for other ATMs it sells in Canada. Buyers have deployed 18,500 Triton ATMs in Canada, says Alicia Blanda, a Triton spokesperson.
