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-USBSI-

USBSI is a provider of merchant services for credit card and other electronic payment transactions. The company is located in City of Industry, California, USA serving, over 10,000 merchant accounts throughout the United States. USBSI is a registered member service provider/ independent sales organization of Elavon, Inc. and of Wells Fargo Bank.

--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. [edit]Services

USBSI provides payment processing services for several electronic payment methods such as: 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[1] JCB 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. [edit]Awards and Achievements

USBSI has earned a reputation for its service and customer care. These are the notable achievements in the past 10 years: [edit]2011 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 Elavon Arch Award (Annual Processing Volume +$1.5 Billion) [edit]2010 1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Volume, Top Volume Elavon Arch Award – USBSI is the first recipient of this award [edit]2009 1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Producer, Top Producer 1st Place West Coast Region, FDD Volume, Top Volume [edit]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 [edit]2007 1st Place Core Channel, FDD Producer, Top Producer 1st Place Core Channel, FDD Volume, Top Volume [edit]2004 1st Place National, New LVM Activations [edit]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 Los Angeles Region, Top Sales Volume Award Los Angeles Region, Top Sales Units Award [edit]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 [edit]2001 1st Place National, LadCo Div, Top Producer [edit]Multilingual Payment Terminal

In 2006 USBSI and Hypercom Corp. (recently acquired by VeriFone) 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. [edit]Charitable Contributions

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