(January 17 – 10:50 ET) – Sun Life Financial Trust Inc. is announcing a distribution alliance with IPC Financial Network Inc.

Through the alliance, IPC clients will gain access to a select range of co-branded financial products and services from Sun Life Financial Trust, including a high-rate chequing/savings account and a personal line of credit, and debit card services, plus a variety of self-serve e-channels, on a seven-days-a-week 24-hours-a-day basis.

“With this latest initiative,” says Marcel Gingras, executive vice- president, Canadian operations, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, “we’re continuing our practice of working with partners to broaden our offerings of financial services.”

“IPC clients will now be able to write cheques, pay bills and benefit from debit card, internet and telephone access,” says IPC CEO Stephen Meehan.
-IE Staff