Heartland Payment Systems
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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. is a U.S.-based payment processing and technology provider. Founded in 1997, Heartland Payment Systems' last headquarters were in Princeton, New Jersey.[citation needed] An acquisition by Global Payments, expected to be worth $3.8 billion[2] or $4.3 billion[3] was finalized on April 25, 2016.[4]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Electronic Payment Processing |
Founded | July 15, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-07-15) |
Founder | Bob Carr |
Headquarters | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Area served | United States |
Revenue | $2.1 Billion (2014)[1] |
Number of employees | 3,734 (2014) |
Parent | Global Payments |
Website | Heartland.us |
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Heartland Payment Systems provides payment processing for more than 275,000 business locations in the United States and processes more than 11 million transactions a day and more than $80 billion in transactions a year, as of 2014.[1] In 2014, the Nilson Report ranked Heartland the 6th largest payment processor in the country by transaction count, and the 8th largest by processed dollar volume.[5]