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29
Jun2026

TransFirst Review

TransFirst is a long-established payment processor founded in 1995 in Colorado, having operated through its early years from Hauppauge, New York before relocating its headquarters to Broomfield, Colorado. The company built one of the larger independent merchant services operations in the United States, eventually serving more than 235,000 small and mid-sized businesses and...

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23
Jun2026

Merchant e-Solutions Review

Merchant e-Solutions, now operating as MerchantE, is an Atlanta, Georgia-based merchant account provider and payment gateway that has served businesses across retail, eCommerce, hospitality, and B2B sectors since its founding in early 2000. The company was established by a team largely composed of former executives from Bank of America Merchant Services, and that instituti...

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18
Jun2026

T1 Payments Review

T1 Payments is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based merchant account provider that positioned itself as a specialist in high-risk payment processing for eCommerce businesses operating globally. Founded around 2010 to 2012, the company built its market identity around serving merchant categories that mainstream processors routinely decline, including CBD and hemp products, nutraceutic...

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15
Jun2026

Loyverse POS Review

Loyverse POS occupies a genuinely distinctive position in the POS software market: it is one of the very few credible, feature-complete POS systems available entirely free of charge for its core functionality. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, with offices in the United States and United Kingdom, Loyverse has built a global following among small busi...

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10
Jun2026

Lightspeed Payments Review

Lightspeed Payments is the integrated payment processing service embedded within Lightspeed Commerce's cloud-based POS ecosystem. Rather than a standalone payment processor competing for merchants independently, Lightspeed Payments is designed to work as the payment layer within Lightspeed's retail, restaurant, and golf POS platforms, creating a unified commerce experience...

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03
Jun2026

Kounta Review

Kounta is an Australian-born cloud-based POS platform built specifically for the hospitality industry. Founded in Sydney in 2012 by Nick Cloete, a former chef who grew frustrated with the inefficiencies he encountered both in restaurant kitchens and in the legacy POS software he worked with afterward, Kounta was built from the ground up to serve cafes, bars, restaurants, b...

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