Christopher Thompson

Vantiv, Inc. is a payment processor company. The firm offers a suite of payment processing services that enables its clients to meet their payment processing needs through a single provider, including in omni-channel environments that span point of sale, ecommerce and mobile devices. It operates through Merchant Services and Financial Institution Services segments. The Merchant Services segment provides merchant acquiring and payment processing services to large national merchants, regional and small-to-mid sized businesses through both direct and indirect distribution channels. Its services include all aspects of card processing including authorization and settlement, customer service, chargeback and retrieval processing and interchange management. The Financial Institution Services segment provides card issuer processing, payment network processing, fraud protection, card production, prepaid program management, automated teller machine driving and network gateway and switching services that utilize the company's proprietary Jeanie debit payment network to a set of financial institutions, including regional banks, community banks, credit unions and regional personal identification number networks. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Worldpay, Inc. operates as a holding company, which engages in the provision of payments processing technology and solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Technology Solutions, Merchant Solutions, and Issuer Solutions. The Technology Solutions and Merchant Solutions segments offer merchant acquiring, payment processing, and related services. The Issuer Solutions segment serves financial institutions, including regional banks, community banks, credit unions, and regional personal identification number networks. The company was founded on March 25, 2009 and is headquartered in Symmes Township, OH.