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Company History


Milestones along the way to success

1983   Chase Manhattan sells merchant acquiring unit to NaBanco
1985   MNET, MBank’s retail unit and merchant acquirer founded
1987   Acquired by Lomas Bank Corp
1989   Became First USA Merchant Services
1993   Acquired JL McKay (credit card software)
1995   Acquired Litle and DMGT, largest direct marketing ISOs
1996   Paymentech brand created and IPO executed
1996   Acquired Gensar, which became Paymentech Network Services, Tampa
1996   Acquired Merchant Link
1997   Chase Merchant Services created as JV between Chase and FDC
1997   First USA acquired by Bank One (57% of Paymentech owned by Bank One; 43% public)
1999   FDC acquired shares of Paymentech; merged with BOPS (52% owned by Bank One; 47.5% by FDC)
2001   Completed largest retail merchant conversion
2001   Launched Orbital Gateway and FlexCache SVC
2001   Partnered with Bill Me Later
2002   Acquired Scotiabank and Citibank CA merchant acquiring portfolio
2003   Upgraded Salem Multi-channel system
2004   Opened EU office in Dublin, Ireland
2004   Bank One merged with JPMC to become JPMorgan Chase (52% owned by JPMC; 47% by FDC)
2005   Integrated Paymentech with Chase Merchant Services (51% owned by JPMC; 49% by FDC)
2005   Partnership with Pay Pal
2007   European Expansion in Dublin, Ireland
2008   FDC and JPMorgan announce that Chase Paymentech JV to end
2008   Partnered with Green Dot®