Heartland Payment Systems

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectronic Payment Processing
FoundedJuly 15, 1997 (1997-07-15)
FounderBob Carr
HeadquartersOklahoma City, Oklahoma
Area served
United States
Revenue$2.1 Billion (2014)
Number of employees
3,734 (2014)
ParentGlobal Payments
WebsiteHeartland.us

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. is a U.S.-based payment processing and technology provider. Founded in 1997, Heartland Payment Systems' last headquarters were in Princeton, New Jersey. The company was acquired by Global Payments for $4.3 billion in 2016.

Heartland Payment Systems provides payment processing for more than 275,000 business locations in the United States and processes more than 11 million transactions a day and more than $80 billion in transactions a year, as of 2014.

In addition to payment processing, Heartland has developed or acquired businesses in payroll processing, gift card and campus card, point of sale systems, school payments and nutrition, network management, mobile payments and ordering, eCommerce, billing, and lending services.