First Data and Community Brands Announce Strategic Payment Processing Technology Partnership
August 06 2018 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
First Data and Community Brands partner to
deliver integrated payment processing technology solution for
cause-based organizations
Strengthens First Data’s robust portfolio of
ISV relationships
First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in
commerce-enabling technology, today announced it has entered into a
strategic partnership with Community Brands, the leading provider
of cloud-based software solutions for associations, nonprofits,
schools and faith-based groups. Together, the two companies will
integrate secure payment processing with the Community Brands
association management software (AMS) solutions. The strategic
integration will deliver comprehensive features, including
recurring billing, account updater and other value-added
functionalities to clients.
“First Data is committed to supporting the missions of
membership organizations by delivering the most advanced and secure
payment technology to help Community Brands achieve their goals,”
said Jeff Shanahan, Executive Vice President, Head of CardConnect
at First Data. “Our services and expertise will enable Community
Brands to deliver the best payments solution to their
customers.”
Through this partnership, Community Brands will integrate to the
BluePay Gateway, which is now part of the CardConnect ISV platform.
CardConnect and BluePay, two companies acquired by First Data in
2017, have recently consolidated into a single integrated payments
platform under the CardConnect brand. This overall ISV offering
allows software companies to more easily add secure payment
processing within SaaS, mobile and point-of-sale applications.
“We continue to add capabilities that help organizations, while
improving member engagement,” said Dan Gaertner, Executive Vice
President and General Manager of Membership Solutions at Community
Brands. “This partnership introduces a new payment processing
solution that is easy to deploy and addresses evolving security and
compliance standards. The solution is particularly beneficial for
mobile, where more and more of the member experience is
happening.”
Payment integration has been developed and released for
Community Brands AMS solutions, including netFORUM, Aptify, Nimble
AMS and YourMembership AMS.
About First DataFirst Data (NYSE: FDC) is a global leader
in commerce-enabling technology, serving approximately six million
business locations and 4,000 financial institutions in more than
100 countries around the world. The company’s 22,000
owner-associates are dedicated to helping companies, from start-ups
to the world’s largest corporations, conduct commerce every day by
securing and processing more than 3,000 transactions per second and
$2.4 trillion per year.
About Community BrandsCommunity Brands is the leading
provider of cloud-based software to associations, nonprofits, K-12
schools and faith-based groups. Through innovation and technology,
the company empowers more than 100,000 clients and partners to
succeed faster, grow stronger and achieve social good.
Organizations adopt Community Brands software to manage
memberships, career centers, learning, accounting, mobile giving,
peer-to-peer fundraising, donations, admissions, enrollments and
events. Using these engagement platforms, customers of all sizes
create meaningful and lasting experiences for their members,
donors, volunteers and families. Headquartered in St. Petersburg,
Florida, USA, Community Brands serves the social good
community in more than 30 countries. To learn more,
visit www.communitybrands.com or follow the company
on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Andrea DuffyPublic RelationsFirst
Data212-515-0174Andrea.Duffy@firstdata.comorMichael
PiotrowskiCommunity
Brandsmichael.piotrowski@communitybrands.com727-497-5975
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