Competition
Merchant services is a very competitive industry especially when it comes to credit card processing. Among the thousands of firms offering merchant services in the United States a few have been more dominant than others.
- First Data - Founded in 1969, First Data currently employees 33,000 workers and has become one of the nation's largest payment processors, specializing in credit card processing, ATM processing and electronic check acceptance.
- GlobalPay - although Global Payments and GlobalPay have a very similar name they are not associated with each other. GlobalPay specializes in payment processing through wireless devices and e-commerce systems, as well as traditional retail solutions.
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Famous quotes containing the word competition:
“Such joint ownership creates a place where mothers can “father” and fathers can “mother.” It does not encourage mothers and fathers to compete with one another for “first- place parent.” Such competition is not especially good for marriage and furthermore drives kids nuts.”
—Kyle D. Pruett (20th century)
“Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.”
—Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)
“Mothers seem to be in subtle competition with teachers. There is always an underlying fear that teachers will do a better job than they have done with their child.... But mostly mothers feel that their areas of competence are very much similar to those of the teacher. In fact they feel they know their child better than anyone else and that the teacher doesn’t possess any special field of authority or expertise.”
—Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)