First Data

First Data Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing. It facilitates secure, fast, and easy transactions for merchants, financial institutions, and their customers worldwide. The company's extensive product portfolio includes merchant transaction processing, card issuing and processing, fraud protection, electronic check acceptance, and internet commerce and mobile payment solutions. With over 6 million merchant locations and 4,000 financial institutions served across 34 countries, First Data's STAR Network enables consumers to use their debit cards for cash withdrawals and purchases at over 2 million retail and ATM locations in the U.S. The company was founded in 1971, went public in 1992, and was acquired by KKR in 2007. In 2019, Fiserv acquired First Data in a $22 billion stock deal.