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A global platform
for merchants
EVO Payments International LLC
hen EVO Merchant Services rebranded
as EVO Payments International LLC in
November 2012, the privately held pay- ISO/MLS contact:
W ment processor and acquirer, in operation Paul Compton
since 1989, shifted focus to international expansion and Executive Vice President of Sales
technological innovation. Today the 1,000-plus employee Phone: 855-550-SALES, ext. 205
company processes in excess of $50 billion in payments Email: paul.compton@evopayments.com
annually for over 400,000 merchants worldwide. It has Website: www.evopayments.com
offices in the United States, Canada and Europe.
"For many years EVO's desire was to continue to grow existing online customer setup process," Rosenblatt
the company," said Jeff Rosenblatt, President of EVO. said. "The flexibility of our underwriting department to
"The question was how do you go about doing that quickly review and approve merchants played an integral
intelligently in the marketplace?" Part of the solution came role in the overall success." He added that the streamlined
in December 2012 when private equity investment firm solution for this partner has significantly reduced approval
Madison Dearborn Partners agreed to purchase minority time, facilitated the quick boarding of new merchants and
ownership in EVO to fund the company's international grown the monthly application count significantly.
expansion and growth initiatives.
Consistent with this theme, EVO continues to develop
EVO then acquired the e-commerce and POS payment sales partner and distribution channels, add proprietary
platform PowerPay, which extended the company's product offerings, provide knowledgeable support
e-commerce capabilities domestically and abroad. EVO services, and automate such ISO-critical functions as
E-Commerce emerged, and the company was able to merchant boarding and risk monitoring. "We have
integrate with more than 10,000 value-added reseller and developed our own front-end and back-end processing
software development channels previously established by infrastructure," Rosenblatt said. "We offer an array of
PowerPay, according to Rosenblatt. advanced gateway and integrated solution products that
has created a solid foundation for Internet-based card
In June 2013, EVO completed acquisition of Deutsche processing."
Card Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche
Bank. It now operates under the name EVO Payments Opportunity knocks
International GmbH. "It provided us with actual license,
which means we are recognized as a member in over In September 2013, following acquisition of a perpetual
42 different countries across Europe," Rosenblatt said. software license from IP Commerce Inc., EVO launched
"Deutsche Card Services supports a very large group of an integrated payments division called EVO Snap.
multinational clients."
"EVO Snap basically powers developers to create
Following the DCS acquisition, EVO entered a joint customized, multichannel commerce applications and
venture agreement with Grupo Banco Popular, Spain's services to support many customers across traditional
fifth largest banking group. EVO thus has a controlling POS, mobile, e-commerce and cloud-based solutions,"
interest in the bank's merchant acquiring business in Rosenblatt said. "It streamlines the different payment
Spain and, as an exclusive merchant services provider for options, the value-added services, and really gives them
GBP's branch network, EVO has further strengthened its one integration point and delivers these kinds of bundles
position as a global competitor, Rosenblatt noted. of services to developers. We do it through a very simple
API [application programming interface]."
Going the extra mile
Another strength that ISOs and merchant level salespeople
Integral to EVO's success for nearly a quarter century (MLSs) in the United States can exploit is EVO's expertise
has been a strong commitment to its stated core regarding the Europay/MasterCard/Visa standard. "I
values of reliability, collaboration, sustainability and think we are learning from some of our experience in the
innovation. For example, one of EVO's largest partners Canadian and European market that EMV can be a very
was experiencing rapid growth and needed to expedite valuable tool and asset. And it's very consumer friendly."
boarding of e-commerce merchants. Although adoption will take time, he views it as an
opportunity to open a dialog with merchants.
"We met the challenge by developing an integrated online
application that could be embedded into our partner's
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A global platform
for merchants
EVO Payments International LLC
hen EVO Merchant Services rebranded
as EVO Payments International LLC in
November 2012, the privately held pay- ISO/MLS contact:
W ment processor and acquirer, in operation Paul Compton
since 1989, shifted focus to international expansion and Executive Vice President of Sales
technological innovation. Today the 1,000-plus employee Phone: 855-550-SALES, ext. 205
company processes in excess of $50 billion in payments Email: paul.compton@evopayments.com
annually for over 400,000 merchants worldwide. It has Website: www.evopayments.com
offices in the United States, Canada and Europe.
"For many years EVO's desire was to continue to grow existing online customer setup process," Rosenblatt
the company," said Jeff Rosenblatt, President of EVO. said. "The flexibility of our underwriting department to
"The question was how do you go about doing that quickly review and approve merchants played an integral
intelligently in the marketplace?" Part of the solution came role in the overall success." He added that the streamlined
in December 2012 when private equity investment firm solution for this partner has significantly reduced approval
Madison Dearborn Partners agreed to purchase minority time, facilitated the quick boarding of new merchants and
ownership in EVO to fund the company's international grown the monthly application count significantly.
expansion and growth initiatives.
Consistent with this theme, EVO continues to develop
EVO then acquired the e-commerce and POS payment sales partner and distribution channels, add proprietary
platform PowerPay, which extended the company's product offerings, provide knowledgeable support
e-commerce capabilities domestically and abroad. EVO services, and automate such ISO-critical functions as
E-Commerce emerged, and the company was able to merchant boarding and risk monitoring. "We have
integrate with more than 10,000 value-added reseller and developed our own front-end and back-end processing
software development channels previously established by infrastructure," Rosenblatt said. "We offer an array of
PowerPay, according to Rosenblatt. advanced gateway and integrated solution products that
has created a solid foundation for Internet-based card
In June 2013, EVO completed acquisition of Deutsche processing."
Card Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche
Bank. It now operates under the name EVO Payments Opportunity knocks
International GmbH. "It provided us with actual license,
which means we are recognized as a member in over In September 2013, following acquisition of a perpetual
42 different countries across Europe," Rosenblatt said. software license from IP Commerce Inc., EVO launched
"Deutsche Card Services supports a very large group of an integrated payments division called EVO Snap.
multinational clients."
"EVO Snap basically powers developers to create
Following the DCS acquisition, EVO entered a joint customized, multichannel commerce applications and
venture agreement with Grupo Banco Popular, Spain's services to support many customers across traditional
fifth largest banking group. EVO thus has a controlling POS, mobile, e-commerce and cloud-based solutions,"
interest in the bank's merchant acquiring business in Rosenblatt said. "It streamlines the different payment
Spain and, as an exclusive merchant services provider for options, the value-added services, and really gives them
GBP's branch network, EVO has further strengthened its one integration point and delivers these kinds of bundles
position as a global competitor, Rosenblatt noted. of services to developers. We do it through a very simple
API [application programming interface]."
Going the extra mile
Another strength that ISOs and merchant level salespeople
Integral to EVO's success for nearly a quarter century (MLSs) in the United States can exploit is EVO's expertise
has been a strong commitment to its stated core regarding the Europay/MasterCard/Visa standard. "I
values of reliability, collaboration, sustainability and think we are learning from some of our experience in the
innovation. For example, one of EVO's largest partners Canadian and European market that EMV can be a very
was experiencing rapid growth and needed to expedite valuable tool and asset. And it's very consumer friendly."
boarding of e-commerce merchants. Although adoption will take time, he views it as an
opportunity to open a dialog with merchants.
"We met the challenge by developing an integrated online
application that could be embedded into our partner's
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