On Milestone Anniversary – Vantiv Rings the NYSE Closing Bell as the #1 U.S. Merchant Acquirer

Vantiv marks its 5 year anniversary as a publically-traded company by ringing the closing bell at the NYSE and by being named top payment processor by transactions.

CINCINNATI, March 16, 2017 – Today, Vantiv marks its five-year anniversary as a publicly-traded company with the ringing of the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange. CEO Charles Drucker – joined by some of Vantiv’s most passionate and dedicated team members – will ring the bell at 4:00 pm ET.

top acquirers in the U.S. 2016

Coinciding with this momentous occasion today, The Nilson Report will publish its annual U.S. Merchant Acquirer Rankings, which will show that Vantiv now processes more domestic debit and credit transactions than any other acquirer in the United States.

“This is the first time since 1996 in which a new company has come out on top based on this metric,” said David Robertson, publisher of The Nilson Report. “Congratulations to Vantiv on its success and its five-year anniversary.”

“I always say our success is our people,” said Charles Drucker, president and chief executive officer at Vantiv. “Over the last five years, we have grown dramatically and achieved many milestones thanks to our employees’ relentless hard work and winning attitude. Nilson’s new rankings – published at our five-year anniversary – clearly validates that we are on the right track with a bright future.”

For more information on the U.S. Merchant Acquiring Rankings, go to The Nilson Report, www.nilsonreport.com, one of the most respected sources of news and analysis of the global card and mobile payment industries.

Vantiv US EMV certified terminal solutions

Which US EMV certified terminals can be used with Vantiv today? Merchants have two choices, countertop terminal or multilane terminal. The latter is available only with CenPOS, a merchant centric end to end payment engine. On October 1, 2015, retail merchants that don’t support chip cards will be liable for counterfeit credit card fraud.

Vantiv announced a partnership with Ingenico in 2013, to distribute Ingenico EMV ready terminals. While Vantiv did not specifically state which terminals would be certified, the official PR from Ingenico includes, “The portfolio of Ingenico EMV certified devices includes iCT220 & iCT250 countertop terminals, and iWL220 wireless terminal.”

ict250 ingenico emv terminal

iCT250 ingenico emv terminal

To enable EMV at the merchant level, the following steps are needed:

  • Acquirer completes requirements to process EMV
  • Hardware (each terminal) certified to accept EMV
  • Hardware certified to acquirer
  • Gateway certifies hardware to acquirer (if applicable; required for all multi-lane terminals and integrated solutions)
  • Merchant account enabled for EMV

In May 2015, Vantiv announced, “Ingenico Group Adds Vantiv’s EMV-certified Application to Smart Terminals for Small- and Medium-sized Businesses“. Because every terminal is to individually certified, it’s unclear which terminals have been certified to date since they’re not specified, but the iCT250 is definitely on the list.

With CenPOS, Vantiv merchants can also use the Verifone MX 915, a multilane, signature capture terminal, and enable EMV immediately. To process transactions, merchants use a virtual terminal with a web browser and high speed internet, or optional integrated solution. Additional multi-lane terminal options will be available in the future, including the Ingenico ISC250.

verifone MX915 EMV terminal

Verifone MX915 multilane signature capture terminal

CenPOS is a merchant-centric, end-to-end payments engine that drives enterprise-class solutions for businesses, saving them time and money, while improving their customer engagement. CenPOS’ secure, cloud-based solution optimizes acceptance for all payment types across multiple channels without disrupting the merchant’s banking relationships. CenPOS is available globally. For additional information, contact Christine Speedy, 954-942-0483.