| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Chris Sibila |
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer | Profile |
Brightwell Payments, Inc., formerly Prepaid Solutions, Inc., is a prepaid/debit card company offering prepaid card solutions. Our prepaid card product offerings include: general purpose reloadable cards, specialized payroll card programs, corporate incentive cards, reward cards, rebate cards, and gift programs. Brightwell Payments is a payments company offering comprehensive prepaid debit solutions for corporate America, self-banked and under-banked consumers. These products benefit companies by reducing costs, improving security and strengthening customer loyalty. In addition, prepaid products offer consumers convenient, cost-effective access to the financial mainstream when receiving compensation, making purchases and paying bills. Brightwell Payments also provides marketing, design, distribution, and fulfillment services in support of its products. The company is headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Miami. In December 2009, Navigation Capital Partners (NCP), an Atlanta-based middle market private equity firm, acquired the assets and associated liabilities of Prepaid Solutions USA via newly-formed entity Prepaid Solutions, Inc. (PPS) before renaming the company Brightwell Payments in December 2011. Prepaid Solutions USA was a division of West Suburban Bank (WSB), a Chicago area-based community bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of West Suburban Bancorp, Inc. WSB`s Prepaid Solutions USA division was founded in 2001.
Since our founding in 1934, we have been singularly focused on one thing: providing world-class personal service and financial security to our Members. This isn`t just something we say—everything we do, every decision we make, is with an unwavering commitment to serving the best interests of our Members. Although we offer the same products and services as other financial institutions, our structure and culture are vastly different. Banks are for profit, while credit unions are Member-owned financial cooperatives, meaning our excess earnings are returned to our Members in the form of lower rates on loans, higher rates on savings, low-to-no fees, and many complimentary services. We take to heart the “people helping people” philosophy, the principle on which credit unions were founded. Pledging ourselves to this idea not only means our steadfast dedication to Member service, but also actively supporting the communities we serve through events, donations, scholarships, and financial literacy programs. Consumer Reports recently published findings from a study they`ve been conducting since 2012 to rate “key aspects of customer service care” across 22 industries. Credit unions were rated the best industry with a score of 90 out of 100. And, SchoolsFirst FCU ranked the best among all credit unions nationwide. We serve school employees and their families across the state of California. As the largest education-based credit union in the U.S., and the fifth largest credit union by asset size, our financial stability can be attributed to one thing: continually providing our Members with world-class personal service to help them better their financial lives. Equal Housing Opportunity. Federally Insured by NCUA.
BCU is a $2.8 billion full-service, not-for-profit institution providing financial well-being and banking services to over 200,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. BCU is noted for setting new standards in bringing together technology and member service in the fast-changing world of financial services. A purpose-driven organization, BCU delivers personalized experiences and supports financial confidence through the brand promise We`ve Got Your Back. Lifetime membership is offered exclusively to the employees and families of several prestigious companies around the U.S. and those living or working in Chicago-area communities.
Bluefin Payment Systems is the leading provider of secure payment technology for enterprises, financial institutions and small-medium sized businesses worldwide. Bluefin’s innovative and proprietary PayConex Platform includes PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE), QuickSwipe mobile POS, Ecommerce, tokenization, international payments and more. Bluefin’s cutting-edge payment technology is a key element in the holistic approach to data security prevention. Designed to complement EMV and tokenization, Bluefin’s P2PE solutions provide a solid security defense against current and future data breaches. As an innovator of secure solutions for the payments industry, Bluefin is an advocate for the advancement of technology, and serves as a driving force for the education of security developments in the payments space. Bluefin is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices in New York, Chicago, Tulsa and Waterford, Ireland.
Payscout is a global payment processing provider covering six continents by connecting merchants and consumers via credit, debit, ATM, and alternative payment networks. What differentiates Payscout is its mission “to support the entrepreneurial dream one transaction at a time.” Payscout achieves this by being a thought leader in the payments industry. Its “Go Global Now” technology platform gives merchants instant access to 100+ countries, billions of consumers and trillions of dollars. Payscout offers payment processing solutions for brick-and-mortar and ecommerce transactions, and has earned acclaim as a new-generation provider of merchant banking services, specializing in online/ecommerce retailers with a predominant proportion of card-not-present (CNP) transactions; we are one of the few providers to deliver a true global payment solution that encompasses all merchant risk verticals. Customers access our credit card processing services via a state-of-the-art, web-based user portal and through direct interactions with highly-trained experts. In addition to supporting thousands of clients across a multitude of industries and all 50 American states, Payscout maintains global partnerships with VISA USA, Bank of America Merchant Services, VISA Europe, VISA Latin America, VISA Asia Pacific, MasterCard Worldwide, China Union Pay, Deutsche Bank, First Data and Payscout Brazil. Payscout has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one the fastest-growing companies in the United States for three consecutive years. On the 2016 Inc. 500 list, Payscout ranked #383, up from the #434 ranking in 2015 and the #2,416 ranking in 2014. Within the financial services industry, Payscout placed #27 in 2016, and #4 among payment processing companies.