Wholesale Merchant Processing Overview Wholesale Merchant Processing (possibly also known as “Wholesale Merchant Services”) is a merchant account provider based in Beaverton, Oregon. There is a great deal of evidence indicating that Smart Choice Payments, First Choice Payments, and North American Processing Solutions are all DBAs of Wholesale Merchant Processing, although the exact corporate structure linking […]
Read MoreVantiv Overview Vantiv is a large, publicly traded direct credit card processor that claims to have processed over 19 billion transactions in 2015. A former subsidiary of Fifth Third Bank, Vantiv has acquired several large ISOs as part of its growth strategy over the past decade, including National Processing Company (NPC), Mercury Payment Systems, and Element […]
Read MoreUnited Card Solutions Overview United Card Solutions is a relatively new merchant account provider that, according to multiple public complaints, is a DBA of a Portland, Oregon-based payment processor called Prestige Payment Systems. United Card Solutions is one of three such brands allegedly created by the company; the other two suspected DBAs for Prestige Payment Systems are […]
Read MoreTSYS Merchant Solutions Overview TSYS Merchant Solutions is the merchant services division of TSYS, one of the largest merchant acquirers and issuers in the United States. TSYS was originally created in 1959 as a division of Columbus Bank & Trust and has since grown into a publicly traded entity that processes over $1 trillion in annual transactions. The […]
Read MoreTransTech Merchant Group Overview TransTech Merchant Group is a merchant account provider that acts as a DBA of Certified Payment Processing and Summit Merchant Solutions and a subsidiary of First American Payment Systems. Like Summit Merchant Solutions, TransTech Merchant Group is an older business within the Certified Payment Processing family and therefore may be gradually phased out […]
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