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Strategic Partnerships


Bringing together OptiPayments superior payment platform and CoCard Marketing Group, LLC ("CoCard") – the only member buying group in the payments industry, together, we bring a competitive advantage over our competition.

 

OptiPayments, provided by BerStone Payment Systems, LLC ("BerStone" - berstone.com), is a CoCard Member Owner – a strategic alliance of all major backend payment processors to provide a variety of electronic payment solutions to retail and business-to-business (B2B) institutions throughout the United States and selected international markets.

 

BerStone dba OptiPayments roots trace from leading institutions such as, Bank of America, First Data Corporation (now Fiserv), and an Independent Payment Processing Consulting firm (LEO Consulting Services, LLC).

 

Collectively, with over 60 years of experience from both the issuing and acquiring side of the bankcard industry, OptiPayments took shape by solidifying its current position as a payment processing expert to provide Merchants with an array of customized products and solutions that is tailored to meet each of their clients' business segment’s needs. As a national provider of premier payment processing services and technology, OptiPayments provides a true end-to-end solution coupled with a fortune 500 national pricing structure offered to small and mid-market businesses. To help illustrate how our platform adds value we have designed and developed a proprietary processing analysis tool (OptiAnalyzer) that reverses the actual cost associated with Interchange compared to a Merchant's current service provider’s processing rates and fees, in addition to, any applicable Interchange cost inefficiencies.

 

CoCard – “Cooperating for Strength in Numbers", as mentioned, is a cooperative-like ISO membership buying group that is managed and owned by its members (ISOs) who dedicate their time to serve on a board and committees. CoCard has a full time General Manager, and a dedicated staff, headquartered in Nashville TN to serve its members.

 

CoCard was named "Vendor Awards of Excellence" for 2022 by RSPA in the Electronics Payments and Financing category (click here).

 

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