| Name | Title | Contact Details |
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Sue St.Pierre |
Vice President of Information Technology | Profile |
Headquartered in Fremont California, US Merchant Systems was founded in 1992 by three entrepreneurs all of whom previously owned and operated small businesses. Since the company's beginning US Merchant Systems has grown into a major national provider of merchant services having served the needs of more than 100,000 businesses throughout the US. The founders, Lawrence S. Cohn- Chairman, Stuart H. Rosenbaum- CEO, and Richard L. Fenn II- COO, founded US Merchant Systems (USMS) on the principal that small businesses deserve the level of service and competitive pricing previously only available to larger companies.
Georgetown Kraft Credit Union was founded in 1952. The company`s line of business includes the cooperative thrift and loan associations (accepting deposits) organized under other than Federal charter to finance credit needs of their members.
Capital One Financial Corporation, incorporated in July 21, 1994, is a diversified banking company focused primarily on consumer and commercial lending and deposit origination. Its principal business segments are Local Banking and National Lending. Local Banking includes consumer, small business and commercial deposits, and lending conducted within its branch network. The National Lending segment consists of three sub-segments: the U.S. Card sub-segment, which consists of domestic consumer credit and debit card activities; the Auto Finance sub-segment, which includes automobile and other motor vehicle financing activities, and the Global Financial Services sub-segment consisting of international lending activities, small business lending, installment loans, home loans, healthcare financing and other diversified activities.
CircleUp is an online private company investment platform. They provide accredited investors free access to direct investments in high-growth consumer product and retail private companies that were previously difficult to identify and access. For retail and consumer product entrepreneurs, they offer an efficient way to access a network of sophisticated investors as well as value added partners. Typical investments on CircleUp are food, personal care, pet product, apparel or retail/restaurant companies with >$500K in revenue and are looking to raise $100,000 to $2.0 million in growth equity. A highly selective percentage of companies that apply are listed on their site. As the largest equity based crowdfunding site, CircleUp provides not only access to interesting consumer and retail private company investments, but also a wide ranging, sophisticated investor network. Their investor base includes retail and consumer product industry experts, venture capital, private equity and other financial professionals, business leaders, angel investors and others interested in expanding their investment portfolios with private company investments. Investors can review a curated list of private company investments, ask questions to the management team, request product samples and complete their private company investment online via CircleUp.
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.