Join Our Referral Bank Program

Our Referral Bank program allows you to offer your business customers a complete package of financial services including credit, debit and check transaction processing. Through a relationship with First Data you will have the ability to offer a full-service merchant processing program that is competitive, offers some of the latest in payment technology, provides on-going fee based revenue and drives bank deposit business and loyal bank customers.

The Referral Bank program provides a complete offering that includes customer service, terminal help-desk, marketing materials, equipment deployment and programming, merchant training and activiation, online transaction information, referral updates and reporting – allowing you to focus on core banking products and services.

The program is designed as a low-risk, turnkey solution where First Data provides all the back office support including credit underwriting and the sales resources needed to establish new business. Your bank provides referrals of those customers looking to add payment processing.

Potential benefits of the Referral Bank program:

• Receive a referral fee for each referred account that is approved by First Data
• Receive cash advance fee income for branch transactions
• Receive a monthly residual payment for your referred merchants' processed sales
• Support industry-related processing applications including retail, restaurant, hotel/car rental, purchasing card, business-to-business, mail/telephone order and e-commerce
• Access customer service and point-of-sale help for your merchants 24 hours a day, seven days a week

The referral process:

• A referral form is submitted via fax to a First Data account representative.
• We establish the merchant account generally within two business days.
• You generally receive an account update the next day.
• A First Data account representative determines the set-up requirements and completes the application process.
• The merchant receives a Welcome Kit and an activation call.
• We provide the terminal training and programming assistance.

How To Join Our Referral Bank Program

Simply contact your First Data Sales Representative to find out more about the program and start referring merchants.