Why Fairmed Is The Best Provider
For Your
School's Merchant Processing
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Fairmed, Inc. is a service-connected
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise
Ignite Payments-Fairmed and its DVBE Affiliate Program are wholly owned by Fairmed Inc.
DVBE/CPUC Certification #1238360
Help keep a lid on costs
Go beyond PCI compliance with encryption and tokenization
Improve automation of administration with our online tools
Serve the needs of those on your campus
Your educational institution needs a merchant account with an integrated credit card processing solution. Ignite Payments West Region’s educational payment processing solutions offer support for:
- Online tuition payments
- Parking fees
- POS systems in cafeterias, admissions, and retail
- PCI compliance
Ignite Payments-Fairmed dedicated relationship managers and low rates make switching to an Ignite Payments merchant account easy and hassle-free.
Customized payment solutions for education
Our payment processing solutions integrate with virtually all educational POS systems and payment processing solutions. Our technology team will ensure your credit card processing works seamlessly with your established software and websites. With Ignite Payments West Region’s low rates, your merchant account reduces the cost of accepting credit cards for your institution.
PCI compliance for schools
Our educational payment processing solutions help reduce costs associated with meeting PCI compliance requirements. We help you avoid the embarrassment and liability of credit card account data compromises with our independently-audited and Visa® certified payment processing solutions.
Meet mandated DVBE requirements
California has mandated a 3% DVBE participation (many other states have similar programs). The CSU Policy Manual encourages campuses to meet or exceed this goal for all their contracts. As a certified DVBE and by handling all your credit card transactions, Fairmed can play a big part in helping you meet this goal. (CSU Policy Manual for Contracting and Procurement 5125.0)
Reconciliation
Your institution needs one integrated solution to make reconciliation as easy as possible. With MMO (My Merchant Office), controllers can automate the reconciliation between the general ledger and merchant account, helping reduce administrative time and costs.
Payment processing products for schools, universities, and colleges
Some of our educational payment processing solutions include:
- Integrated solutions
- Virtual terminals
- Wired credit card terminals
Customer support - Any downtime in your credit card acceptance technology means lost revenue. Ignite Payments-Fairmed’s world-class technology infrastructure and 24/7 support with First Data means you don’t need to worry about lost sales.
Fairmed - What We Offer
a short presentation (6 slides) of the services
we offer and the benefits of doing business with us:
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Three Reasons To Choose Fairmed
- We make sure you get the best possible service and support
- We provide multi-layered, payment card data security with Clover Security
- We are a CA-certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE)
1. We make sure you get the best possible service and support
At Ignite Payments-Fairmed/Fairmed, Inc., we work hard to ensure you are getting the best possible service and support – seven days a week – 24 hours a day.
No Hassle Installation and Setup
If you're accepting credit/debit cards, you need the proper equipment. For many items, especially point-of-sale terminals, the equipment is shipped with no software or initial data. Most other companies leave it completely up to the merchant to do all the work of contacting support, downloading the necessary software features, and then performing the installation and setup. Since most merchants are not IT specialists nor can they afford to contract one, this can be a time-consuming and frustrating process.
Fairmed eliminates the frustration and hassles. Rather than shipping the terminals directly to you, we have them shipped to our offices first. Then we download all the necessary software features (based on our discussion with you), install them, and then perform a complete system test to ensure everything is working correctly.
Your equipment is then shipped to you fully configured for plug-and-play operation. Fairmed wants you to be 100% satisfied with your new equipment and its configuration. To ensure this, once your equipment is received, installed, and operating, we always call you after your first and second days of credit card processing to discuss operation, make sure you have no problems, and answer any questions.
In addition to our conceirge-level customer support, Ignite Payments-Fairmed/Fairmed has First Data as our powerhouse backup; with First Data we have the support, experience, and integrity of 37,000+ employees standing behind us.
Online Training
As a merchant, once you are approved you will have access to the gateway: Mymerchantoffice® (MMO). MMO is a dedicated merchant website that allows business owners to access their merchant account information online 24/7 and to reach customer service. Using the website, merchants can also reconcile their deposits, retrieve their deposit information, view detailed reports of their 
chargeback and retrieval histories, and receive prompt answers to questions they submit via e-mail.
However, MMO is not always intuitive. Fairmed conducts personalized training using online collaborative programs, such as GoToMeeting®, to help you learn how to effectively navigate MMO and take advantage of all its features.
Problem Solving
With over 11 years’ experience in the merchant account/credit card processing business, we are, quite frankly, experts at handling any customer problem. If you have any problem or concern, you only need to call us and we will quickly determine the source of the problem, discern the most effective remedy, and take action to resolve it efficiently and with the least amount of hassle for you.
2. Raising The Bar On Security:
Multi-layered, Payment Card Data Security With Clover Security
Clover Security – a First Data exclusive… Learn more...watch the video
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Fairmed ensures all your terminals are enabled for Clover Security. Clover Security combines the flexibility of software- or hardware-based data encryption with random number tokenization. This provides a one-two punch that protects payment card data at every transaction stage—in transit, in use, and at rest—while reducing the challenge and expense of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance.
As is well documented in the media, data breaches are on the rise and criminal focus has recently shifted. Criminals are no longer targeting large corporations and institutions attempting to steal millions of accounts containing credit card and other identity information. The trend now is to attack smaller businesses and organizations. This yields smaller numbers of cards, but small business usually cannot afford enterprise level protection. With Clover Security, you now have world-class protection for your clients' credit card data.
NEW: Visit Clover Security In-Site for detailed information and tools to help better understand and utilize the power and security of Clover Security.
How the Clover Security solution works:
- The consumer provides their card number for the school’s point-of-sale terminal
- The card data is then encrypted and transmitted to First Data front-end
- First Data front-end decrypts the data payload
- Card data is sent to the issuing bank for authorization and, in parallel, tokenized
- The token is paired with the authorization response and sent back to the school
- The utility stores the token instead of the card data in their environment and uses the token for subsequent business processes.
3. We are a CA-certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise
All other factors being equal, wouldn't you rather do business with a disabled veteran?
The California State University (CSU) Policy Manual for Contracting and Procurement, policy 5215.0, states that the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Participation Program was established to acknowledge disabled veterans for their service and to further DVBE participation in state contracting, promote competition and encourage greater economic opportunity. The state set a goal of 3% DVBE participation. The CSU policy says, "In the effort to reach or exceed this goal, campuses may specify an amount of DVBE participation greater than 3% for an individual solicitation." Using Ignite Payments-Fairmed/Fairmed, Inc. can help you achieve the 3% goal. (CSU Policy Manual for Contracting and Procurement 5215.0)
Fairmed, Inc. is a California certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE), Registrant #1238360.
When you consider a Merchant Account Provider what factors do you consider?
Background? Ignite Payments-Fairmed (an Ignite Payments Independent Agency) is owned and operated by a Service-Connected Disabled Veteran who served his country and returned to establish a business with salespeople who also value their country and the opportunities that trustworthy-selling practices provide.
- Price? Life teaches us you usually get what you pay for… nonetheless; we do provide competitive pricing and actively monitor any processing industry changes that can affect our portfolio of Ignite Payments-Fairmed merchants.
- Integrity? Most people would say merchant processing and the word integrity are an oxy-moron. Our customers will tell you we have integrity and consistency for 10+ years as a merchant account acquirer.
- Personal Service? Many merchant processor sales people just sign you up and then move on, often never to be seen again. Our sales people manage their own merchant portfolio and are always your first line of service. Yes, we also have a 24/7 corporate service department, however, our salespeople navigate the corporate morass for you, saving you the time and the hassle of doing it yourself.
