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Central 1 is the central financial facility and trade association for the B.C. and Ontario credit union systems. Central 1 represents a consumer-oriented, full-service retail financial system that serves 3.3 million members and holds $116 billion in assets and is owned primarily by its member credit unions, 42 in B.C. and 70 in Ontario. With offices in Vancouver, Mississauga, and Toronto and more than 500 employees, Central 1 provides a wide range of services such as liquidity management, direct banking, and flexible payment service solutions to a wide range of credit union and institutional clients Central 1 is governed by a 14-member Board of Directors drawn from credit unions in the two provinces.
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.
American Express Company, also known as AmEx, is an American multinationalfinancial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler's cheque businesses. Amex cards account for approximately 24% of the total dollar volume of credit card transactions in the US.American Express Company (American Express), incorporated on June 10, 1965, is a global service company. Its principal products and services are charge and credit payment card products and travel-related services offered to consumers and businesses worldwide. The Company operates in four segments: U.S. Card Services, International Card Services, Global Commercial Services (GCS) and Global Network and Merchant Services (GNMS). Corporate functions and auxiliary businesses, including the Companys Enterprise Growth Group, publishing business and other company operations, are included in Corporate and Other. American Express and its principal operating subsidiary, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (TRS), are bank holding companies In 1854, the American Express Co. purchased a lot on Vesey Street in New York City as the site for its stables. The company's first New York headquarters were in an impressive[citation needed] marble Italianate palazzo at 55 - 61 Hudson Street between Thomas Street and Jay Street (1857 - 58, John Warren Ritch), which had a busy freight depot on the ground story with a spur line from the Hudson River Railroad. A stable was constructed nearby at 4 - 8 Hubert Street, between Hudson Street and Collister Street (1866 - 67, Ritch and Griffiths), five blocks north of the Hudson Street building. 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 more and achieve more.
Higher One Holdings partners with colleges and universities to lower their administrative costs and to improve graduation rates. We provide a broad array of payment, refund disbursement and data analytics and management tools to institutions that help them save money and enhance institutional effectiveness. And for students, we offer financial literacy programs and convenient, flexible and affordable transaction options to help them manage their finances. Higher One is a leader in higher education, supporting more than 1,900 schools and 13 million enrolled students.
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.