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First American Payment Systems joins AmEx OptBlue program

Tuesday, July 07, 2015 — 18:26:43 (EDT)

Fort Worth, Texas, July 7, 2015 -- First American Payment Systems, a leader in the payment processing industry, now provides the American Express OptBlue card acceptance program to merchants. The OptBlue program is designed to make it easier for eligible U.S. merchants to benefit from all-in-one acceptance.

With the new program, First American will be able to provide merchants a single statement and settlement process with one customer-service point of contact for merchant questions and support.

“Our goal is to help our merchants grow their business,” said Neil Randel, CEO of First American Payment Systems. “The American Express OptBlue program can help merchants attract new customers and provide them a streamlined process for American Express® Card acceptance. We are proud to roll this out to our merchant base as we are always looking for ways that make running a business and processing payments easier for our merchants.”

For more information on the OptBlue program, visit www.first-american.net/landingpage/amex-optblue/ .

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Source: Company press release.