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- Credit Card Surcharging
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Key Facts For USPAY Group
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- Major Clients:
- Available Upon Request
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- Year Founded:
- 2004
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100
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- Active Clients:
- 25000+
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- Revenue:
- Above $10 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 99
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.uspaygroup.com
Key Facts For 610 Merchant Services
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential.
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- Year Founded:
- 2000
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 19
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- Active Clients:
- 100+
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- Revenue:
- $250,000 - $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 90
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- 610merchantservices.com
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Key Facts For Electronic Transfer, Inc
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- Major Clients:
- Star-News, The Press-Telegram, The Wichita...
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- Year Founded:
- 1989
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 57
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- Active Clients:
- 3000+
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- Revenue:
- 23.1M
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 96
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.electronictransfer.com
Key Facts For Riverside Payments
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential.
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- Year Founded:
- 2014
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 60
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- Active Clients:
- 1,200+
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- Revenue:
- $5 million - $10 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 99
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- Pricing:
- H
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- Website:
- riversidepayments.com
Key Facts For PAYARC
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential
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- Year Founded:
- 2016
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 43
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- Active Clients:
- 10,000
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- Revenue:
- 30m-50m
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 99
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.payarc.com
Positive Review
My Primary One Stop Shop for All Things Processing
If you're an Agent searching for a home to se...
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Best in Class Support + Transparent Competitive Pricing = Very Happy Merchants
When we started PayArc we saw a huge opportun...
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Key Facts For Merchant Solutions
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- Major Clients:
- Available upon request.
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- Year Founded:
- 2006
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 18
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- Active Clients:
- 100+
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- Revenue:
- $5 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 93
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.merchantsolutionsiq.com
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Key Facts For Credit Card Processing Sp...
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- Major Clients:
- Main Street Technologies, Advance Auto Par...
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- Year Founded:
- 2010
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 30
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- Active Clients:
- 1,000+
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- Revenue:
- $250,000 - $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 98
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- Pricing:
- M
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Key Facts For BankCard USA
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- Major Clients:
- Coastal Dermatology, Supertone Hearing, Lu...
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- Year Founded:
- 1998
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 44
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- Active Clients:
- 20,000+
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- Revenue:
- 30-50M
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 96
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.bankcardusa.com
Key Facts For ACI Merchant Systems LLC
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential.
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- Year Founded:
- 1989
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 4
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- Active Clients:
- 525+
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- Revenue:
- 34.0M
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 92
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- acimerchant.com
Key Facts For 1Quest Payment
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- Major Clients:
- Sam's Club, The Home Depot , Domino's Piz...
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- Year Founded:
- 2011
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 52
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- Active Clients:
- 700+
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- Revenue:
- $5 million - $10 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 91
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- Pricing:
- H
-
- Website:
- 1questpayment.com
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Key Facts For MersaTech
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential.
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- Year Founded:
- 2003
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100 - 250
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- Active Clients:
- 10,000 plus
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- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 98
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.mersatech.com
Key Facts For TransFirst Holdings, Inc.
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- Major Clients:
- Superb Customer, Vision Care Provider, Ind...
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- Year Founded:
- 2003
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 500 - 1,000
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- Active Clients:
- 100+
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- Revenue:
- $50 million - $100 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 92
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.transfirst.com
Key Facts For National Bankcard Inc
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- Major Clients:
- Comfort Inn & Suites, Kentucky Fried Chick...
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- Year Founded:
- 2001
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 2
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- Active Clients:
- 100,000+
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- Revenue:
- $5 Million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 97
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.nationalbankcard.com
Key Facts For Electronic Payment Exchan...
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- Major Clients:
- Available upon request.
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- Year Founded:
- 1979
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100 - 250
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- Active Clients:
- 34+
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- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 95
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- epx.com
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Key Facts For Heartland Payment Systems
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- Major Clients:
- Main Street Bistro, Carolina Conceptions,...
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- Year Founded:
- 1997
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 5,000 - 10,000
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- Active Clients:
- 10.000+
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- Revenue:
- $1+ billion
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 94
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com
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I get calls daily from other providers, but it Heartland has been a great company to do business with so I'm sticking with them!
I have been in the restaurant business since...
Dora Brewer
Key Facts For Quantum Merchant Services
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential.
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- Year Founded:
- 1994
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
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- Active Clients:
- 1,000+
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- Revenue:
- $5 million - $10 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 97
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.quantumgo.com
Key Facts For Ace Merchant Processing
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- Major Clients:
- Holiday Inn's, Mercedes Benz Dealerships,...
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- Year Founded:
- 2006
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 1 - 10
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- Active Clients:
- 10000+
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- Revenue:
- Est. $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 95
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.acemerchantprocessing.com
Key Facts For securetrading.com
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- Major Clients:
- Barclaycard, Elavon, First data
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- Year Founded:
- 1997
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 1 - 10
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- Active Clients:
- 110+
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- Revenue:
- Est. $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 93
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- securetrading.com
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Key Facts For Crescent Processing Compa...
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- Major Clients:
- Dodie's Cajun Diner, Surround Sound Audio...
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- Year Founded:
- 2005
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 14
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- Active Clients:
- 46+
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- Revenue:
- $3 Million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 91
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.crescentprocessingsolutions.com
Key Facts For Merchant Service Solution...
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- Major Clients:
- Available upon request.
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- Year Founded:
- 2009
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 11
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- Active Clients:
- 74
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- Revenue:
- $250,000 - $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 90
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.merchantsvcsolutions.com
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Key Facts For Certified Payment Process...
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- Major Clients:
- Available upon request.
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- Year Founded:
- 1991
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 130
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- Active Clients:
- 40,000+
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- Revenue:
- 6.0M
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 90
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.cpp-360.com
Key Facts For 1st Merchant Funding, LLC
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- Major Clients:
- McCoy Pizza, Tee Luck Lounge, Mccoy Pizza
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- Year Founded:
- 2007
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 1,000 - 2,500
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- Active Clients:
- 90
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- Revenue:
- $250 million - $500 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 92
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- Pricing:
- H
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- Website:
- www.1stmerchantfunding.com
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Key Facts For Merchant Link
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- Major Clients:
- Cold Stone Creamery, El Charro, Greenbrier...
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- Year Founded:
- 1994
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100 - 250
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- Active Clients:
- 600+
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- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 94
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.merchantlink.com
Key Facts For EBizCharge
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- Major Clients:
- N/A
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- Year Founded:
- 2004
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 200+
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- Active Clients:
- 40,000+
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- Revenue:
- N/A
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 95
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- ebizcharge.com
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Key Facts For APEX Merchant Group
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- Major Clients:
- Available upon request.
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- Year Founded:
- 2009
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 25
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- Active Clients:
- 94
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- Revenue:
- $250,000 - $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 90
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.apex-mg.net
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Key Facts For East Commerce Solutions,...
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- Major Clients:
- World of Wines, The Abbey, CSM Group, Worl...
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- Year Founded:
- 1994
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
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- Active Clients:
- 25000+
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- Revenue:
- $5 million - $10 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 93
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- Pricing:
- L
-
- Website:
- www.eastcommercesolutions.com
Key Facts For Ace Merchant Processing
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- Major Clients:
- Holiday Inn's, Mercedes Benz Dealerships,...
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- Year Founded:
- 2006
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 1 - 10
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- Active Clients:
- 10000+
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- Revenue:
- Est. $1 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 95
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- Pricing:
- M
-
- Website:
- www.acemerchantprocessing.com
Key Facts For Aliant Payment Systems, I...
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- Major Clients:
- Taylor's Closet, Broward Education Foundat...
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- Year Founded:
- 2003
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
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- Active Clients:
- 5,000+
-
- Revenue:
- $5 million - $10 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 95
-
- Pricing:
- L
-
- Website:
- www.aliantpayments.com
Positive Review
This review is regarding the application process up to delivery of a card reader unit
This review is regarding the application proc...
Richard Katsoff
Positive Review
We are very happy and saticfied with the service overall
We are very happy. The communication and stri...
Grace de Paz
Key Facts For Digital Check Corp.
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- Major Clients:
- Spring Bank, United Southern Bank, Fifth T...
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- Year Founded:
- 1959
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100 - 250
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- Active Clients:
- 54
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- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 91
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.digitalcheck.com
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Key Facts For Ace Software Solutions
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- Major Clients:
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Capgemini, S...
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- Year Founded:
- 1992
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 17
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- Active Clients:
- 76
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- Revenue:
- $1 million - $3 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 91
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- Pricing:
- H
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- Website:
- www.acesw.com
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Key Facts For digipaysolutions.com
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential
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- Year Founded:
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 1 - 10
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- Active Clients:
-
- Revenue:
- Est. $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
-
- Pricing:
- L
-
- Website:
- www.digipaysolutions.com
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Key Facts For Paysafe Holdings UK, Ltd
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- Major Clients:
- Payolution, Fans Entertainment, Neteller,...
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- Year Founded:
- 1996
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 2,500 - 5,000
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- Active Clients:
- 200+
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- Revenue:
- $250 million - $500 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 97
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.paysafe.com
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Key Facts For WePay
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- Major Clients:
- gofundme , FreshBooks , Meetup , Constant...
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- Year Founded:
- 2008
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 170
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- Active Clients:
- 700+
-
- Revenue:
- $3 million - $5 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 97
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.wepay.com
Key Facts For 4processing.com
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- Major Clients:
- USA ePay, DigiPRMedia, clover
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- Year Founded:
- 2000
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 1 - 10
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- Active Clients:
- 164
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- Revenue:
- Est. $1 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 95
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.4processing.com
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Key Facts For 1st Merchant Funding, LLC
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- Major Clients:
- McCoy Pizza, Tee Luck Lounge, Mccoy Pizza
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- Year Founded:
- 2007
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 1,000 - 2,500
-
- Active Clients:
- 90
-
- Revenue:
- $250 million - $500 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 92
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- Pricing:
- H
-
- Website:
- www.1stmerchantfunding.com
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Key Facts For Leap Payments, Inc.
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- Major Clients:
- Best Western Hotels, H&R Block, Buy Direct...
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- Year Founded:
- 2005
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
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- Active Clients:
- 2,500+
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- Revenue:
- $1 million - $5 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 99
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.leappayments.com
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Key Facts For Stax Payments
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- Major Clients:
- Pearle Vision, MatressOne, Meineke, LensCr...
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- Year Founded:
- 2014
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 200
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- Active Clients:
- 25000
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- Revenue:
- $1 million - $5 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 99
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- staxpayments.com
Key Facts For REV Worldwide
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- Major Clients:
- Pronto Insurance, RêvCOIN, The Union Plus,...
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- Year Founded:
- 2009
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
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- Active Clients:
- 32+
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- Revenue:
- $1 million - $5 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 89
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- revworldwide.com
Key Facts For Calpian
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- Major Clients:
- Transaction World , First Data , Chase Pay...
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- Year Founded:
- 2001
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100 - 250
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- Active Clients:
- 200+
-
- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 97
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.calpian.com
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Key Facts For Metro Merchant Services
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- Major Clients:
- Confidential.
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- Year Founded:
- 1997
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 150
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- Active Clients:
- 500+
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- Revenue:
- Above $10 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 95
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.metromerchantservices.com
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Key Facts For BFS Capital
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- Major Clients:
- Auto Rental Business, Retail Store, Pet Gr...
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- Year Founded:
- 2002
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 250 - 500
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- Active Clients:
- 25+
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- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
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- Client Retention Rate:
- 85
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.bfscapital.com
Key Facts For Genesys Conferencing Comp...
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- Major Clients:
- Jetstar, Groupama, Marketo, PayPal
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- Year Founded:
- 1997
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 2,500 - 5,000
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- Active Clients:
- 200+
-
- Revenue:
- $250 million - $500 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 97
-
- Pricing:
- M
-
- Website:
- www.genesys.com
Key Facts For Govolution, LLC
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- Major Clients:
- TSYS Acquiring Solutions, Fifth Third, Van...
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- Year Founded:
- 1998
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
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- Active Clients:
- 42+
-
- Revenue:
- $5 million - $10 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 93
-
- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.govolution.com
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Key Facts For Merchant Cash Group
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- Major Clients:
- Available upon request.
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- Year Founded:
- 2009
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
-
- Active Clients:
- 73
-
- Revenue:
- $5 million - $10 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 90
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.merchantcashgroup.com
Key Facts For Network Merchants, LLC
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- Major Clients:
- Duhamel Group LLC, Premier Payment Systems...
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- Year Founded:
- 2000
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 250 - 500
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- Active Clients:
- 200+
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- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 91
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.nmi.com
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Key Facts For iPayment, Inc.
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- Major Clients:
- Omega Transactions Corporation, Merchant S...
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- Year Founded:
- 2001
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 250 - 500
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- Active Clients:
- 59
-
- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 91
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.ipaymentinc.com
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Key Facts For Elavon, Inc
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- Major Clients:
- Available upon request.
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- Year Founded:
- 1996
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100 - 250
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- Active Clients:
- 300+
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- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 94
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- Pricing:
- L
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- Website:
- www.fidelitypayment.com
Key Facts For Affinity Solutions, Inc.
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- Major Clients:
- Sony, Mobil, Gap.com, Subway, Apple store,...
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- Year Founded:
- 2005
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 100 - 250
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- Active Clients:
- 100
-
- Revenue:
- $10 million - $50 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 92
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- Pricing:
- M
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- Website:
- www.affinitysolutions.com
Key Facts For Forte Payment Systems
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- Major Clients:
- SedonaOffice , acclivity , Growmark , Sele...
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- Year Founded:
- 1998
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 120
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- Active Clients:
- 500
-
- Revenue:
- 79.9M
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 89
-
- Pricing:
- H
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- Website:
- www.forte.net
Key Facts For CreditCardProcessing.com
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- Major Clients:
- Moe's Southwest Grill, Habitat for Humanit...
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- Year Founded:
- 1998
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- Fulltime Employees:
- 10 - 50
-
- Active Clients:
- 150,000+
-
- Revenue:
- $1 million - $5 million
-
- Client Retention Rate:
- 98
-
- Pricing:
- L
-
- Website:
- www.creditcardprocessing.com
Evaluation Criteria: Best Merchant Services
Competitive Rates
It is important for merchant service providers to offer their services with rates competitive to their most aggressive competitors to ensure the merchants which align them are getting the best value out of their payment processing. During our analysis, we compare the rates and fees which merchants may incur during their use of the services in order to determine whether the rates are competitive compared to industry standards.
Reliability
Merchant services require a high level of reliability to ensure that merchants will not be left high and dry at the end of the day. Reliability is often measured based on the overall availability and performance of all of their services which ensures that the services are going to be available during the most crucial hours when they are needed. Downtime negatively affects both the merchant and the provider in the long-term.
Efficiency
We understand the importance of having a merchant service provider which respects a merchant’s time. During our analysis of merchant service providers, we spend time analyzing what they offer their merchants and the amount of work and effort required from the merchant in order to use their services. There should be processes put in place to reduce the amount of work the merchant needs to put in their use of the services.
Variance
Having access to a variety of different merchant services and payment processing solutions ensures the merchant will be able to run their business in the way that most the most amount of sense. Merchants do not want to be limited by the limitations of their provider and need different ways of accepting payment or handling their finances which will allow them to grow and expand their business over the long term.
Customer Support
In addition to the quality and reliability of their services, it is important for merchant service providers to effectively invest in their customer support practices and communications. As merchants run into issues with the services they are using or if they have questions or concerns about the service, it is important for the merchant service provider to invest the time required to adequately assist their clients and merchants.
