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For 30 Years, The Better Way To Pay

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Pop the champagne…2015 is Telpay’s 30th Anniversary! We are celebrating this milestone by honouring our innovative past and striving towards more innovative products in our even brighter future.

Great companies start with smart ideas and the vision of a leader to make it happen. W.H. (Bill) Loewen is one such leader. In 1968, Loewen founded Comcheq Services Limited, one of the first computerized outsourcing payroll companies in Canada. By the 1980’s, Comcheq was processing over $50 billion in annual payroll transactions, operating in 18 Canadian cities and employing more than 400 people.

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Balancing the Books and Life Too

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Wendy Nagtegaal is a Certified Professional Bookkeeper (CPB) who has been keeping books for over 20 years. In 2005, Wendy decided to start her own practice and launched Winnipeg Bookkeeping Service. Today, Winnipeg Bookkeeping has grown with four full time employees and boasts a client list of over 30 businesses. Wendy is not only busy as a bookkeeper, but also a busy mom and grandmother.  Or as Wendy stated, “it is a good kind of busy.”

Wendy is all about balancing her life professionally and personally. Wendy has been married 25 years, has five children aged 12 to 23 and also two grandchildren. Their family lives on five acres and have two horses for pleasure riding. Her oldest son just graduated as a paramedic with honours, one of her daughters is a published author and two daughters perform at the Black Light Theatre. “We don’t have a lot of time, but we always make time for our family,” says Wendy.

As if being a busy as a business woman, mom and grandmother was not enough, Wendy also makes time to coach basketball. Two days a week, Wendy, her husband and two daughters volunteer to coach the Junior Girls Basketball Team at Immanuel Christian School, that her youngest daughter is on. “It is important and gratifying to give back to the younger children,” says Wendy.

Telpay is a valuable part of Wendy’s work and life balance. Telpay saves Wendy valuable time on payroll, payables and she feels the strength is the ability to pay vendors across the country. Wendy loves Telpay’s Remote Authorization feature. She never wants to go back to chasing signatures, costly couriers and mail. Wendy is very happy with Telpay, especially with on-going improvements to the software.

As for the holiday season, Wendy took the time from her very busy schedule to join Telpay at the IPBC Christmas Party. “Thanks Telpay, it was an awesome event and I really enjoyed meeting new IPBC members,” says Wendy.

We think you are pretty awesome too Coach Wendy!

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New Posting – Compliance Officer (Term)

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We are currently in search of a Compliance Officer to join our Trust Operations department. Reporting to the Vice President, Trust Operations, Telpay’s Compliance Officer is primarily accountable for the development, review, maintenance and monitoring of Telpay’s risk management practices. You will also provide necessary guidance and advice to all staff, including senior management on matters involving risk management operational practices.

To learn more about this career posting, please view our Careers.

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Happy Holidays from Telpay

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We wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year! We hope it brings you and your family lots of joy, good health, happiness and success!

Our office will be closed on December 25 and 26 and on January 1 to celebrate with our friends and families.  We’ll also be closing at 1:00 pm CT on December 24 and 3:00 pm CT on December 31 to ensure our Telpay family arrive at their holiday festivities safely.

Your funding schedule may be affected, make sure to plan ahead by reviewing our funding payment timelines.

Christmas Day: Payables or Payroll
Boxing Day: Payables or Payroll
New Year’s Day: Payables or Payroll

We are excited for what 2015 holds and look forward to working with you!

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How do you Give?

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With the holiday season in full swing, we are all even busier and hopefully merrier too. The time we spend with our family and friends are very special and truly a gift. As well, the holidays are a great time to reflect, to be grateful for what we have and think about others in need. What about your charitable heart to give not just in the holiday season, but throughout the year.

According to Marina Glogovac, President of Canada Helps, “Giving with your heart recognizes the connectedness of all humanity, and understands that we all matter to each other, regardless of how our lives are different. Most of all, charity is about removing the judgment that we often tacitly attach to the needs of others. We should give with the consciousness of connectedness and humbleness.

In Canada, there are over 86,000 charities in Canada. Not just the big ones at the national level, but the majority are small and medium-sized, operating on small budgets and doing very important and impactful work. Look at your where you live and you will often see that they are the backbone of community support

In this busy holiday season, Telpay can save you time by making your donation electronically to your favourite charity. Here are some big and small charities that are already set up on Telpay, such as War Amps, Siloam Mission and Salvation Army to name a few. If there is something closer to your heart and it is not listed in Telpay, our funds transfer capability enables you to pay any charity. You simply add your charity and Telpay will collect the banking information for you.

So the next time you give from your heart to your favourite charity, use Telpay and do it electronically. You will not only feel good, but you will save time too!