National Merchant Services Overview National Merchant Services (NMS) is a midsize merchant account provider that resells First Data contracts and equipment. The company claims to have served over 2,000 merchants and to have processed over $500 million in transactions. Due to its generic-sounding name, the company could potentially be confused with National Bankcard, National Bankcard Systems, National Merchant Center, […]
Read MoreNational Card Solutions Overview National Card Solutions is a relatively new merchant account provider that, according to multiple public sources, is a DBA of a Portland, Oregon-based payment processor called Prestige Payment Systems. National Card Solutions has been named as one of three active DBAs of Prestige Payment Systems, with the other two being United Card Solutions and […]
Read MoreMercury Payment Systems Overview Founded in 2001, Mercury Payment Systems is a Durango, Colorado-based merchant account provider that offers a full host of payment processing and point-of-sale (POS) solutions for small and medium businesses. Mercury also acts as the preferred processing partner for numerous third-party POS providers, including many tablet-based POS systems like TouchBistro, SalesVu, POS […]
Read MoreiPayment Overview Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, iPayment is a merchant account provider and a very large ISO (also known as a “super ISO”) of First Data. iPayment was founded in 1999, went public in 2003, and then was purchased by its current private ownership team in 2006. The company claims to service over 153,000 merchants with […]
Read MoreMain Street Processing Overview Main Street Processing is a merchant account provider that acts as either a DBA or a subsidiary of Datalink Bankcard Services. The company’s website is vague about its location, ownership, and corporate affiliations, but a large number of online complaints and a few third-party sources have stated that Main Street is owned […]
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