Start Accepting Credit Cards


* Services We offer

* Whether you are a new business or looking to expand an existing one, First Data Independent Sales can increase your payment options.

* Our services let you multiply your sales; accept credit cards; ATM/debit cards and checks; expand your customer base; and increase your cash flow. FDIS provides a wide range of value-added and cost-effective products and services.

Process All Cards
Merchants who accept credit cards, ATM/debit cards and checks enjoy greater sales than those who do not. Accepting cards encourages customer purchasing, stimulates customer impulse buying and can help grow your business. Noncash purchase payment is an important option for both traditional and Internet businesses. Accept all major credit cards, including MasterCard® and Visa®, American Express®, Discover®Network , Diners ClubSM, and JCBSM, as well as ATM/debit cards.


Accept Checks
TeleCheck® is a check acceptance service that FDIS International offers through its alliance with TeleCheck Services that provides merchants an additional way to accept noncash payments from customers


Process credit cards over the telephone
The TeleCharge® service offers your business a new degree of protection by allowing merchants to process credit card purchases from any touchtone telephone. TeleCharge agents simply fill out a sales receipt, request authorization via a toll-free telephone number and submit the sales slip for verification. Merchants receive the proceeds of their sales via ACH into their designated checking account.


Merchant rewards
for being a FDIS merchant. The FDIS Merchant Club offers many value-added benefits to merchants who elect to join the club, including free point-of-sale supplies and a program that, in effect, extends equipment warranties and provides prompt equipment replacements.


Accept purchasing cards from your corporate customers
Increase customer loyalty and achieve preferred provider status by accepting purchasing cards and offering business-to-business processing solutions.


Reduce chargebacks
A chargeback is a disputed transaction between a merchant and a customer. First Data Independent Sales has a dedicated Chargeback and Retrieval Department to help you minimize chargebacks.


Get help 24/7
First Data Independent Sales supports its merchants 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in 140 languages and dialects.


View your account activity online
Mymerchantoffice.com® is First Data Independent Sales’s dedicated Web site that allows our merchants to access their merchant account information online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


Get technical help for your equipment
The First Data Independent Sales POS Help Desk answers questions about merchant's point-of-sale (POS) processing equipment, 24 hours aday, 7 days a week, in 140 languages and dialects.


Access technical support for your secure payment gateway
The Technical Support Department assists merchants with the setup of the First Data Global Gateway; other Internet gateways and processing software.

Access account information by telephone
Our interactive voice response (IVR) allows merchants to access their deposit history, to order merchant statements and to connect to the voice authorization center.


Reduce losses
By monitoring transactions on a daily basis; FDIS International’s Loss Prevention Department reduces merchant's risks of fraudulent credit card transactions.



Protect yourself from fraud
First Data Independent Sales offers merchants tips that help them reduce fraud. State-of-the-art online payment gateways, such as the LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway, enable merchants to process transactions securely over the Internet.