| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Jim Shedlick |
Chief Information Officer | Profile |
American Express is a global service company, providing customers with exceptional access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. Each day, American Express makes it easier, safer and more rewarding for consumers and businesses to purchase the things they need and for merchants to sell their goods and services. An engine of commerce, American Express provides innovative payment, travel and expense management solutions for individuals and businesses of all sizes. Most of all, we help our customers realize their dreams and aspirations through industry-leading benefits, access to unique experiences, business-building insights, and global customer care. We enable our customers to do and achieve more.
Unlike banks, we exist to serve our members, not to make a profit. Instead, we put our time, money, passion, experience, smarts, elbow grease and whatever else we can muster up to work for our members, employees and communities. It`s our secret weapon that turns promises into action: investment in you. We`re committed to helping you go further with your money at every stage of your life. At more than 540,000 members, we serve the world`s most forward-thinking companies, including HP, Microsoft, Amazon, Nike and more. So follow us at First Tech and start investing in you.
Founded in 2000, FreedomPay is a technology and innovation company with a long history as an industry leader and in driving market success for its clients. The FreedomPay Commerce Platform is a multi-patented solution portfolio designed to enable enterprises to deliver a high-performance, secure user experience driven from the Cloud to any device, anytime, anywhere. The platform seamlessly bridges the gap across in-store, web and mobile by multiplexing point of sale systems, payment processors, incentive engines and other disparate systems to a cutting edge transaction superhighway. Quick to incorporate the benefits of Cloud computing, FreedomPay is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider enabling value-added services for our global partners. Our unique capabilities harness the power of exceedingly detailed data captured by our patented payment, incentive and loyalty offerings. Essential capabilities that are quickly being adopted across many industries including: retail, gaming, lodging, stadiums, education, healthcare and financial services. And further to our mission to be an industry leader, FreedomPay is the only company in North America with a fully validated P2PE solution with EMV, DCC and NFC support. With full PCI Security Council Validation, our customers are assured they have the most secure solution offered anywhere in the world today. FreedomPay`s innovations have led to the granting of three patents, furthering the confirmation of the offerings` uniqueness and reinforcing customer confidence in the FreedomPay brand as a technology innovation company. The patents cover transaction networking, real-time discounting and incentive application bolstering the company`s position as a forward-thinking leader in a burgeoning global marketplace. The Company is privately held. Shareholders include employees and leading venture capital investors: Blue Run Ventures, Palo Alto and Core Capital Partners, Washington D.C.
Darien Rowayton Bank was founded by leading local business people to provide our community with an exceptional combination of competitive banking services and thoughtful personal service. We carefully lend your deposits to support the growth of local businesses and to meet the needs of community members for financing worthy purposes from housing to education. Our focus on communities in Connecticut means we have avoided the types of loans and investments that underlie the current financial industry crisis and can continue to meet the credit needs of our community. We are committed to long-term relationships and offer the conveniences and financial services you expect from a larger bank, with the incredible rates, safety, and personal attention you won’t find anywhere but home.
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.