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Strong showing for "We want to create an industry-leading payment
enablement platform that evolves with the way that people
payments on 2017 make and take payments," said Carlton van Putten, Senior
Vice President of Revenue at Payline. "Digital commerce,
in-app payments, mobile payments – technology will
Inc. 5000 continue to evolve as customers and businesses create
demand for such advancements, and we want to be the
best at offering those solutions."

ompanies on the 36th annual Inc. 5000 list of Rounding out the top 500 on this year's list, Seattle-
fastest growing private U.S. companies col- based instant e-gift card rewards and incentives program
lectively generated aggregate revenue of $206 provider Tango Card Inc. placed 373 in the rankings (1,161
C billion and created 619,500 jobs over the past percent growth, $10.6 million 2016 revenue).
three years. On average, companies listed realized sixfold
revenue growth since 2013 compared with 6.7 percent for Other noteworthy honorees
the U.S. economy over the same period. In total, 29 pay-
ments industry companies made the grade, six for the first Five other payment companies were honored for the first
time. time by Inc. this year. In order of appearance, Vero Beach,
Fla.-based BlueDog Business Services (514); Moorpark,
Earning the top spot among payment companies, Irving, Calif-based Chosen Payments (800); Rockville, Md.-based
Texas-based Anovia Payments LLC saw three-year growth East Payment Solutions Inc. (957); Irvine, Calif.-based
of 4,526.14 percent and $32.2 million in 2016 revenue, Century Business Solutions (2,600); and Allen, Texas-
placing the first-time honoree at 82 in the rankings. based Chargeback Gurus (3,946).
Founded in 2013 by industry veterans Kevin Jones and
Andy Meadows, the company initially targeted U.S. First-time honoree, Chosen Payments President and CEO
merchants and payment facilitators. It has since expanded Jeff Brodsly said he is thrilled the company he founded
into Canada and Australia. in 2011 was recognized this year. He attributes Chosen's
growth to a dedicated team of 113 people working in
"The industry is getting more vertical and specialized, offices in six states.
so when we started the organization, our thesis was to
focus 100 percent on strategic partnerships and build Following are payment companies that made the list in
technology for strategic partners to succeed in a more prior years, along with their rankings this year: Payscout
complex industry," said Kevin Jones, President and Chief Inc. (521), Allied Wallet Ltd. (533), iMerchant Direct Inc.
Executive Officer of Anovia. (607), ZPrePay Inc. (979), PayKings Merchant Payments
Acceptance Corp. (1,445), Realtime Electronic Payments
Jones noted that within its trio platform, partners are able (1,495), 360 Payments Inc. (1,771), Payoneer Inc. (1,912),
to unify sales, operations and reporting processes. "It's North American Payment Solutions (2,041), AffiniPay
one of the only places in our industry where you can get (2,110), Vantage Payments (2,291), Serve First Solutions Inc.
a 360 degree view of a merchant's life," Jones said. "Our (2,295), Clarus Merchant Services (2,334), Clearent LLC
next frontier will be to combine our payment facilitation (2,412), YapStone Inc. (2,540), Discount Credit Card Supply
processes, trio technology and developers platform, which (2,616), Platinum Payment Systems (3,166), Billtrust (4,099),
we'll be releasing on October 1st." Security Card Services LLC (4,156), and USAePay (4,201).

Temecula, Calif.-based National Merchants Association Clearent made the list for the sixth consecutive year. "Our
(2,225 percent growth, $68.1 million 2016 revenue) growth from Clearent's founding in 2005 through 2016 was
climbed 300 spots from last year to rank 196. "As we 100 percent organic," said the company's CEO Dan Geraty.
see consolidation happening throughout the payments "I'm excited about the future, especially given our recent
industry, we're proud to be an independent and privately acquisition of Payment Alliance International's Merchant
held processor," said Heather Petersen, founder and Services Division."
President of NMA. "A recent third-party analysis put the
value of NMA at nearly $400 million, and we expect to top In earning recognition for the 10th time, YapStone co-
the $1 billion mark by 2018." founder and CEO Tom Villante noted, "We are honored
to join Inc.'s 10X Club. This sustained growth over such a
Chicago-based Payline Data Services LLC (1,215 percent long period of time is a testament to our incredible team,
growth, $7.2 million 2016 revenue) made its second who are constantly innovating new ways to serve our
consecutive appearance, ranking 363. Payline attributes customers better."
recent growth to its "relentless commitment to providing
a great customer experience" and company leaders shared
their vision of the future.

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