Overview Based in Des Plaines, Illinois, Integrity Payment Systems is a merchant services provider that can serve most small-to-medium business types. The company boarded its first merchant in 2003 and claims to have “about 90” employees. A huge part of Integrity’s growth strategy appears to revolve around its exclusive processing relationship with L’Oreal and L’Oreal subsidiaries […]
Read MoreGlobal Payments Overview Founded in 1967, Global Payments is a large, publicly traded credit card processor that operated under the name “National Data Corporation” until 2001. Global Payments has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, Spain, Russia, and the Asia-Pacific region and recently acquired U.S.-based direct processor Heartland Payment Systems. Global Payments […]
Read MoreFuture Payment Technologies Overview Future Payment Technologies, occasionally referred to as “Future Paytech,” is a Dallas-based merchant account provider that formerly operated under the names “Park Central Company” and “Crescent Processing Company.” Both of these brands are now retired, but Future Payment Technologies operates at the same address as Park Central Company and Crescent Processing Company […]
Read MoreFirst Data Overview First Data is one of the largest merchant account providers in the world. First incorporated in 1971, the company has been since been acquired and spun off by various entities, including American Express and the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravitz Roberts. First Data is currently a publicly traded company following a $2.56 billion IPO […]
Read MoreFirst Choice Payments Overview First Choice Payments is a merchant account provider that appears to be a DBA of Wholesale Merchant Processing and its related businesses. Numerous sources suggest that Smart Choice Payments, Wholesale Merchant Processing, and North American Processing Solutions are all DBAs of First Choice Payments, although the exact corporate structure linking them is unclear. The Smart Choice Payments […]
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