Vaden C. Landers

First Data Corp. provides electronic commerce and payment solutions. It offers credit card processing and solutions, cash advance, data security, payroll delivery, and check acceptance services. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

iPayment, Inc. provides credit and debit card-based payment processing services to small merchants. Its payment processing services enable merchants to accept credit cards as well as other forms of payment, including debit cards, checks, gift cards and loyalty programs in traditional card-present, or swipe transactions, as well as card-not-present transactions, such as conducted over the phone or through the internet. The firm markets and sells its services through independent sales groups and other third party resellers, as well as directly to merchants. The company was founded by Carl A. Grimstad and Robert S. Torino in 1992 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA.

ProfitPoint, Inc. is the leading provider of stored value solutions for the mass merchant marketplace. They specialize in the design and implementation of custom Gift and Loyalty Card Programs and support its programs with all forms of non-cash payment processing products including Credit Card Processing and Merchant Cash Advance. They provide a full range of marketing services including Gift Card Accessories & Marketing Tools, Direct Mail Marketing & Card Fulfillment, Email Marketing and Marketing Collateral. It supports its products and services with top-notch customer service, free merchant training and customizable reports via their Merchant Access Portal (MAP). Founded in 2003 by several veterans of the payment services industry, they have experienced double-digit growth year over year since its inception. In 2009, they made the Inc. 500/5000 list again, which makes two consecutive years. Furthermore, ProfitPoint ranked No. 43 on the list for the Financial Services Industry and No. 23 overall in the state of Pennsylvania. The company is headquartered in Clifton Heights, PA and their customer care center is in Franklin, TN. Now serving more than 25,000 merchant locations nationwide, ProfitPoint produces in excess of fifteen million cards per year and processes more than twenty million stored value transactions on its proprietary gift and loyalty card platform.

SparkBase, Inc. operates as a gift card and loyalty software company for businesses. The firm develops loyalty rewards and gift card programs that range from traditional plastic cards to mobile applications, and helps companies implement them through in-store tablets, POS, eCommerce and mobile integrations. The company was founded by Douglas Hardman in February 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Elavon, Inc. provides payment processing and security solutions. It offers enterprise payment gateway, market payment solutions, loyalty programs, and industry payment solutions. The firm serves the airlines, hospitality, restaurant, retail, healthcare, education, and public sector. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Part of Bank of America Corp., Financial Alliance Processing Services, Inc. is a credit and debit processing services company. The private company is based in Louisville, KY. Financial Alliance Processing Services was acquired by Deluxe Corp. on November 18, 1994. The company was founded by Gregory W. Sahrmann.

Part of U.S. Bancorp, PMT Services, Inc. is a private company that markets and services electronic credit card authorization and payment systems. The company is based in Nashville, TN. The company was founded by Gregory S. Daily. PMT Services was acquired by Nova Corp. (Georgia) on September 25, 1998 for $1,044.74 million.