September 06, 2011 08:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), the world’s largest provider of banking and payments technology, today announced that it is the recipient of two prestigious industry awards honoring credit and debit card authorization and Everlink, an FIS company that provides electronic transaction switching, ATM and point-of-sale (POS) solutions.
“It has always been our promise and ever-increasing goal to develop and implement the very best products and services on the market today”
FIS has been awarded the Service Quality Performance Award from Visa® in the Issuer Processor – Lowest Assured Transaction Rate category in credit and debit card authorization. The award recognizes FIS as the issuer best able to ensure system availability to respond to authorization requests in a timely manner. Visa developed this award in 1992 to recognize issuers, acquirers and processors that demonstrate consistent, superior operating performance and a continued focus on service quality improvement.
Everlink, a leader in electronic transaction switching, ATM and POS solutions, has received a Silver award from Advanced Card Technologies (ACT) Canada for its Instant Card Issuance solution. The Instant Card Issuance solution provides financial institution branches the ability to quickly deliver a fully branded personalized card on-site in less than two minutes. This innovative technology reduces costs such as activation and postage, allowing the consumer to walk out of the branch with a ready-to-use card.
“It has always been our promise and ever-increasing goal to develop and implement the very best products and services on the market today,” said Gary Norcross, chief operating officer, FIS. “As a leading provider of financial services technology, FIS strives to deliver solutions that are the most efficient and reliable in the industry. Receiving these awards validates that we are achieving our guiding principle to lead the markets we serve by delivering unparalleled value through our innovation, technological leadership and financial expertise.”
FIS (NYSE: FIS) is the world’s largest global provider dedicated to banking and payments technologies. With a long history deeply rooted in the financial services sector, FIS serves more than 14,000 institutions in over 100 countries. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., FIS employs more than 32,000 people worldwide and holds leadership positions in payment processing and banking solutions, providing software, services and outsourcing of the technology that drives financial institutions. FIS is ranked 426 on the Fortune 500, is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500® Index and consistently holds a leading ranking in the annual FinTech 100 list. For more information about FIS, visit www.fisglobal.com.
