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U.S. Bankcard Services, Inc. (USBSI) is a provider of merchant services for credit card and other electronic payment transactions. The company is located in California, USA serving, over 10,000 merchant accounts throughout the United States.

History
USBSI was founded in 1996 by current president, Chris Chang. Many of USBSI’s merchants are diverse, specifically East Asian and Southeast Asian, accounting for a majority of their customer base. For the merchant services industry, this is one of the most challenging markets due to language barriers and cultural differences. USBSI has successfully helped these merchants integrate into the electronic payment industry since its founding.

Services
USBSI provides payment processing services for several electronic payment methods such as:

Most of USBSI’s merchants are restaurants and other food industry. However, its other merchants include mail order / telephone order, retail, ecommerce, supermarket and hotel businesses.
 * the major American credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover
 * EBT cards, check cards and debit cards
 * gift cards
 * check services
 * UnionPay cards, operating under the approval of the People’s Bank of China and used by Chinese tourists
 * JCB

Awards and Achievements
USBSI has earned a reputation for its service and customer care. These are the notable achievements in the past 10 years:

2010
1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Volume, Top Volume

2nd Place Overall Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer

3rd Place Overall Channel, Portfolio Volume, Top Producer

Business Partnership for 10 Years

Elavon Arch Award – USBSI is the first recipient of this award

2009
1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Producer, Top Producer

1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Volume, Top Volume

2nd Place Overall Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer

2nd Place Overall Channel, FDD Volume, Top Volume

2nd Place Overall Channel, Portfolio Volume, Top Producer

2008
1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Volume, Top Volume

1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Producer, Top Producer

1st Place Overall Channel, FDD Volume, Top Volume

2nd Place Overall Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer

3rd Place Overall Channel, Portfolio Volume, Top Producer

2007
1st Place Core Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer

1st Place Core Channel, FDD Volume, Top Volume

2nd Place Overall Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer

3rd Place Overall Channel, FDD Volume, Top Volume

3rd Place Overall Channel, Portfolio Volume, Top Producer

2006
2nd Place Premier Channel, FDD Portfolio Volume, Top Producer

2nd Place Premier Channel, FDD Volume, Top Volume

3rd Place Premier Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer

3rd Place Premier Channel, Net Sales, Top Net Sales

2005
3rd Place Premier Channel, FDD Volume, Top Volume

3rd Place Premier Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer

3rd Place Premier Channel, Net Sales, Top Net Sales

2004
1st Place National, New LVM Activations

2003
1st Place National, LadCo Div, Top Producer

1st Place Nationwide, Top Producer Award, New Accounts

1st Place Los Angeles Region, Top Producer Award, New Sales Volume

1st Place LadCo Leasing (335 Leasing)

Los Angeles Region, Top Sales Volume Award

Los Angeles Region, Top Sales Units Award

2002
1st Place National, LadCo Div, Top Producer

1st Place Regional Sales, Top Producer, New Sales Volume

1st Place Los Angeles Region, Top Producer Award, New Sales Volume

Los Angeles Region, Top Sales Volume Award

2001
1st Place National, LadCo Div, Top Producer

Multilingual Payment Terminal
In 2006 USBSI and Hypercom Corp. (NYSE: HYC) “entered into an exclusive software agreement” to offer the “first multilanguage card payment terminal featuring Chinese and English graphics and text.”

USBSI recognized the growth in Chinese-American retailers. The company’s positioning as an Asian market leader made the development of the dual-language terminal a necessity.

Charitable Contributions
USBSI is involved in several charitable organizations. In the past USBSI has contributed to the following charity organizations: USBSI has also made efforts to aide those affected by natural disasters, including:
 * Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
 * Children’s Wishes or Rhode Island
 * Shamrocks Against Dystrophy
 * Asian Youth Center
 * The March 2011 Earthquake & Tsunami in Japan
 * The August 2009 Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan