CardinalCommerce Partners With TransFirst
• Large Merchant Services Provider Will Deploy Cardinal Centinel™
Mentor, Ohio (Oct. 6, 2003) -- CardinalCommerce Corporation and TransFirst today announced a marketing alliance through which Dallas-based TransFirst, a leading provider of transaction processing services and payment technologies, will offer CardinalCommerce`s payment authentication software, Cardinal Centinel™, to their online merchant customers.
CardinalCommerce is the leading provider of online merchant payment authentication for securing online transactions. Cardinal Centinel is compliant with the MasterCard® SecureCode™ and Verified by Visa™ initiatives, and is utilized by acquiring banks, merchant service providers and their online merchants. The software reduces the level of online fraudulent transactions and guarantees payment to online merchants who use it, while protecting the accounts of credit card owners.
"Partnering with CardinalCommerce to offer their Cardinal Centinel authentication software to our online merchants is an excellent value-add for our customers," said Joni Floyd, TransFirst`s president for Strategic Services. "Cardinal Centinel easily integrates with the merchant checkout process and enables them to provide flexible, secure online processing without the hassle of multiple software implementations."
"Partnering with TransFirst, one of the fastest growing processors in the United States, is a great opportunity for Cardinal," commented Kendall G. Myles, senior vice president of Merchant Services at CardinalCommerce. "We are excited to provide their online merchant customers with the added protection and security of payment authentication."
About TransFirst
A premiere provider of transaction processing services and payment technologies, TransFirst offers a first-rate suite of merchant products and flexible, industry-specific services uniquely tailored for the special business needs of financial institutions, ISO`s, health services, e-government, online and other direct marketing retailers, as well as brick and mortar retailers. Founded in 1995, TransFirst was recapitalized in 2000 by GTCR Golder Rauner, a leading private equity investment firm, positioning TransFirst as a market leader in strategic mergers and acquisitions that will allow the company to gain market share and additional expertise in growing and profitable industry segments. Built on a platform of personal service, customer commitment and flexible pricing, TransFirst is based in Dallas, Texas, and has operations facilities in Superior, Colo., Omaha, Neb. and Overland Park, Kan. Company wide, TransFirst processes more than $9 billion in annual sales volume for more than 64,000 merchants and 520 banks. TransFirst can be reached at (800)-745-2659 or at www.transfirst.net.
Tonya Gollahalli / Jennifer Mehaffey
The Point Group
(214) 378-7970
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About CardinalCommerce Corporation
CardinalCommerce Corporation is a leading provider of a technology-neutral authentication platform for securing electronic and wireless commerce, thus ensuring that individuals, businesses and government agencies can process electronic transactions and access confidential information safely, securely and privately. Cardinal`s proprietary technology provides consumers, merchants, credit/debit card issuers, and processors the ability to conduct fully authenticated Internet-based e-commerce, while protecting the transactions from fraud. CardinalCommerce is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and has partners throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and India. For more information, visit www.cardinalcommerce.com.
Contact:
Rick Lynch
Public Relations
Office: 440.352.8444
rickl@cardinalcommerce.com
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