First American Payment Systems announces new exclusive partnership agreement with the National Association for the Self-Employed. This partnership will offer both companies with mutually beneficial opportunities.The National Association for the Self-Employed has signed an agreement with First American Payment Systems as its exclusive merchant services provider. The NASE will promote First American as a membership benefit, encouraging its merchant members to take advantage of the value they receive by credit cards and other electronic payments.
“The NASE is excited to partner with First American,” said NASE President Robert Hughes. “Essential to starting and managing a business in this age of technology is the ability for businesses to accept credit and debit cards. This exclusive benefit offering to NASE members by First American Payment Systems will help our self-employed members meet the needs of their customers. We know they will not find the quality of products, pricing and support anywhere else, and we are happy to be able to offer these advantages to the micro-business community.”
The combination of the NASE’s 240,000 member base and First American’s 140,000 merchant base presents mutually beneficial opportunities for each organization. The companies both reflect rich histories of significant growth and varied service offerings to small business owners.
“We are confident that First American will provide NASE members with consistent support and educational insights,” said Rick Rizenbergs, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at First American Payment Systems. “First American’s primary goal is to enhance NASEs already comprehensive list of resources, providing a well rounded offering of payment processing solutions.”
About First American
First American Payment Systems, L.P. is a rapidly growing payment processor that provides comprehensive electronic transaction processing services for more than 140,000 merchants throughout the United States. In addition to credit, debit and EBT card processing, First American also offers a complete line of proprietary products and services to businesses and non-profits, including Secur-Chex® check services, FirstAdvantage® gift cards, FirstPay.Net™ e-commerce solutions, FirstFund® ACH software, Govolution® government e-payments, national ATM sales, and Merimac Capital® point-of-sale equipment and ATM leasing. For more information, visit http://www.first-american.net.
About the NASE
The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is the nation’s leading resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, bringing a broad range of benefits to help entrepreneurs succeed and to drive the continued growth of this vital segment of the American economy. The NASE is a 501(c) (6) non-profit organization and provides big-business advantages to hundreds of thousands of micro-businesses across the United States. For more information, visit the association’s web site at http://www.NASE.org.
