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Metaca Corp., a Canadian integrator and manager of smart card solutions which is owned 85% by Canada-based MDC Corp. Inc. (MDCA), a provider of security sensitive transaction products and services, and 15% by Symcor Services Inc., a North American customer communication and item processing services provider and a joint venture of Bank of Montreal, Royal Bank Financial Group, and TD Bank Financial Group, April 5 announced that it has signed an agreement with EdgeWare Technologies Corp., a Canadian software and services firm that designs, develops, markets and supports smart card software, to provide EdgeTech products, which includes a suite of advanced, open architecture software solutions for use in retail and smart card- based applications. Included in the EdgeTech suite of products is EdgeSmart, which is designed to deliver customer services and incentives incorporated on either stored value payment cards or co- branded loyalty smart cards. Also included are EdgeTech solutions, EdgeHost and AnalysEdge, which provide seamless web-enabled architecture to facilitate host settlement, activity analysis, reporting and communications for smart card applications. The additional capabilities, made available through this agreement, will enhance the CardProgram Management solutions already being delivered by Metaca to its customers. Metaca clients, as a result of the EdgeTech relationship, will also benefit from solutions that will address needs for Customer Incentives & Rewards, ID and Secure Access, Campuses (Institutional and Corporate), Events, Sports Complexes, Conferences, Theme Parks, Transit, Transportation, and Parking.