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BluePay Acquires Eagle Point Financial

CHICAGO, IL-(August 8, 2011) – BluePay, a premier credit card processor, recently announced the acquisition of Eagle Point Financial, a credit card merchant with a large portfolio of high-end, boutique accounts and large volume restaurant accounts. The deal closed at the end of July and was acquired with the help of Preston Todd Advisors, leaders in M & A advisory services.

“We engaged Preston Todd Advisors because of their expertise in deal origination services in the payments and payment technology industries,” said John Rante, BluePay CEO. “Their targeted approach to identifying, qualifying and engaging potential acquisition candidates is unparalleled in the payments arena. I think it’s a testimony to Preston Todd’s ability to find unique under-the-radar opportunities for acquisition.”

Eagle Point merchants will now have access to the BluePay support team in addition to BluePay’s advanced security technologies and payment gateway, while key staff at Eagle Point will help BluePay bring in more large retail and enterprise level clients.

BluePay’s PCI secure credit card processing solutions include tokenization, which eliminates the need for storing sensitive data, and end-to-end encryption (E2EE), which encrypts credit card information from point of swipe to authorization. Other payment process products include ACH payments, mobile and wireless processing, secure hosted payment forms and more.

“BluePay offers advanced processing products with robust and enhanced security features,” said Rante. “Eagle Point staff can take advantage of BluePay secure, state-of-the-art technologies to go after large enterprise level accounts with PCI challenges. At BluePay, we are committed to maintaining the highest levels of data security to ensure merchants are fully protected as their business grows.”

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Leading Credit Card Processor BluePay Acquires Wholesale Merchant Group

BluePay, the all-in-one payment processing company, has acquired Wholesale Merchant Group, a provider of card payments to small- and medium-sized merchants throughout the U.S. Online PR News – 05-June-2013 –Payment solutions provider BluePay has added Wholesale Merchant Group (WMG) to its company. Preston Todd Advisors, a firm specializing in premarket deal flow and acquisition advisory services, Read complete post…

Striata Engages Preston Todd Advisors to Identify Acquisition Targets

Tuesday March 12th – New York   Striata, a global leader in paperless communication, recently announced that it has engaged Preston Todd Advisors to identify email marketing and digital media companies for potential acquisition.   “Preston Todd Advisors came highly recommended to us. Their expertise in deal origination and buy-side consulting services is well established Read complete post…

Heartland Payment Systems ® Acquires ECSI, Gains Additional Campus-Related Services and More Than 1,800 Higher Education Relationships

PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payments processors, has expanded its Campus Solutionsdivision by acquiring ECSI, a leading provider of cost-effective, customized payments processing solutions for the higher education industry.   Founded in 1972 and located in Pittsburgh, Pa., ECSI supports the entire life cycle of higher education and post-graduation school/student services, including Read complete post…

Heartland Payment Systems(R) Acquires LunchByte Systems, Inc. as Part of Strategic Growth Plan for Heartland School Solutions Division

July 09, 2012: 09:20 AM ET Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payments processors, has acquired LunchByte Systems, Inc., a school foodservice back office management and point-of-sale (POS) company led by its NUTRIKIDS® (www.nutrikids.com) solution of menu management, inventory management and POS solutions for K-12 administrators, staff, parents and students. Following Read complete post…

BluePay Acquires Funds Transfer Alliance

BluePay, a trusted provider of credit card processing solutions, announces portfolio acquisition of Funds Transfer Alliance CHICAGO – BluePay, a Chicago-based provider of credit card processing services, has announced its portfolio acquisition of Funds Transfer Alliance. FTA has a large portfolio of approximately 3,000 merchants, primarily in the retail industry. The acquisition took place with Read complete post…

Heartland Payment Systems® Acquires School-Link Technologies— Becomes the Leading K-12 School Nutrition and Point-of-Sale Provider

PRINCETON, NJ — October 11, 2011 — Heartland School Solutions a division of Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payments processors, has acquired School-Link Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of comprehensive K-12 school nutrition and point-of-sale (POS) solutions. Over the past 10 months, Heartland also acquired three other providers in Read complete post…

Security Card Services, LLC. Engages Preston Todd Advisors to Identify Merchant Processing Acquisition Targets

OXFORD, MS–(March 16, 2011) – Security Card Services, LLC, a leading provider of merchant services to community banks across the United States, recently announced that it has engaged Preston Todd Advisors to identify merchant processing businesses for potential acquisition. “Preston Todd Advisors came highly recommended to us.  Their expertise in deal origination and buy-side consulting Read complete post…

BluePay Processing Engages Preston Todd Advisors to Identify Merchant Processing Acquisition Targets

CHICAGO, IL–(March 1, 2011) – BluePay, a major credit card processor that provides payment processing solutions for both large and small businesses, recently announced that it has engaged Preston Todd Advisors to source specialized payments technology companies for acquisition. “As one of the fastest growing Inc. 500 companies, we are supplementing our organic growth with Read complete post…

Heartland Payments Acquires LunchBox Software

Boston, MA– ( January 3, 2011) -  Preston Todd Advisors has successfully advised Heartland Payment Systems Inc. (NYSE:HPY) in the acquisition of LunchBox Software from Data Futures Inc.

Recent Transactions

  • Date:
    May 23, 2013
    Details:
    BluePay Processing Acquires Wholesale Merchant Group
    Type:
    Buyer Consultation
  • Date:
    December 17, 2012
    Details:
    Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY) Acquires ECSI
    Type:
    Buyer Consultation
  • Date:
    July 9, 2012
    Details:
    Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY) acquires LunchByte Systems, Inc.
    Type:
    Buyer Consultation
  • Date:
    May 9, 2012
    Details:
    BluePay acquires Funds Transfer Alliance
    Type:
    Buyer Consultation
  • Date:
    October 12, 2011
    Details:
    Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE:HPY) acquires SL-Tech K-12 POS
    Type:
    Buyer Consultation
  • Date:
    August 10, 2011
    Details:
    BluePay acquires Eagle Point Financial.
    Type:
    Buyer Consultation
  • Date:
    March 25, 2011
    Details:
    North American merchant processor establishes strategic marketing and sales relationship with United Kingdom ISO
    Type:
    Business Development
  • Date:
    March 3, 2011
    Details:
    Pivotal Payments acquires 2000+ merchant portfolio from American National Payments of St. Louis, MO
    Type:
    Buyer Consultation

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