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                                                                   •  Billing and invoice management: Merchants can
                                                                      email invoices to customers with embedded online
                                                                      interface to facilitate immediate remittance. The
                                                                      brandable, customizable interface supports a variety
                                                                      of invoicing and recurring billing schemes.

                 Company: North American Bancard Holdings LLC      •  Virtual terminal: Merchants can use a web browser
                 Product: Payments Hub                                with access to a virtual terminal for payment card
                 Website: www.nabancard.com                           acceptance.
                 Contact: support@paymentshub.com                  •  Customer profile management: Merchants can up-
                                                                      date customer profiles and account information us-
                                                                      ing an exportable customer directory.
        Single access point to                                     •  Advanced data analytics: Merchants can gain in-
                                                                      sights by observing customer purchasing habits.
        suite of business                                          •  Customized alerts:  Merchants can create custom-

                                                                      ized alerts based on payment card volumes, batches
        capabilities                                                  or other defining characteristics.
                                                                   •  Employee management: Merchants can manage
                                                                      permission levels for employees who access the Pay-
                   orth American Bancard Holdings LLC, a pay-         ments Hub, based on individual employee status
                   ment solutions provider, recently launched         and assigned roles.
                   Payments Hub, a business command center         •  Chargeback management: Merchants can manage
        N designed to provide a single access point to an             chargebacks and cardholder disputes at every stage
        array of business management solutions. These include         by setting up a series of alerts for each required ac-
        advanced reporting features and a virtual terminal to sup-    tion. They can add comments to the data fields and
        port omnichannel commerce.  “Our priority is to create        upload attachments when documentation is needed.
        easy-to-use solutions that can help merchants manage and
        grow their business,” said Marc Gardner, founder, presi-   •  Supply ordering and equipment warranty man-
        dent and CEO of North American Bancard. “Payments             agement: Merchants can view their order history
        Hub is an initial, vital step as we build a robust ecosystem   and supply levels on the Hub and order hardware,
        for small and medium-sized merchants to accelerate the        printer paper and miscellaneous supplies.
        transformation of their business through technology.”
                                                                Delivering speed, convenience
        Zavida Mangaru, NAB executive vice president and head   “Speed  and  convenience  are  the  catalysts  of  retail
        of product strategy, innovation and marketing, added,   innovation, but small and midsize merchants are frequently
        “Over the years, NAB has been focused on amassing       left out of the equation,” Mangaru said. “Without the
        tools for merchants and bolting them together to create a   right tools and capabilities, it doesn’t matter how much
        seamless and engaging merchant experience. Merchants    merchants do for consumers. When their customers want
        can access this platform of capabilities anywhere, anytime   to order online and pick up in-store, merchants need real-
        and manage their businesses in more efficient ways.”    time delivery and logistics management to participate in
        Powered by PayAnywhere                                  global commerce and compete with large chains.”

        Mangaru pointed out that Payments Hub is built on NAB’s   Mangaru stated that convenience means different things
        PayAnywhere technology platform and includes many of    to different people. For example, subscription service
        the same features as PayAnywhere Inside, a proprietary   models, such as short-term rentals and food delivery
        portal designed for NAB’s mobile  merchants. NAB will   services, add convenience while removing friction and
        continue to add features as the company builds out the   reducing overhead. Payments Hub’s assortment of real-
        PayAnywhere platform, Mangaru noted. This will provide   time  tools and services enable  merchants to participate
        a  continuous  processing  experience  for  merchants  who   in the subscription economy and omnichannel commerce
        use the all-in-one resource for a variety of business   affordably, without making a large, upfront investment,
        management activities.                                  she added.

        Following is a sampling NAB provided of the Payments    The concept of customer loyalty extends beyond coupons
        Hub platform’s available attributes:                    and offers, Mangaru noted. “Merchants earn customer
           •  Advanced reporting features: Merchants can view   loyalty every time they remove friction from commerce,”
                                                                she said. “When they offer convenience and reliability,
              sales volume, transactions, batch and deposit data in   their customers will keep coming back.”
              real time, exporting a variety of reports when need-
              ed from a customizable dashboard.

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