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DETROIT, JUNE 12, 2018 – Industry-leading payment acceptance solutions provider, International Bancard, has named Steve Merkouris as the company’s new Sales Director. Merkouris has more than 20 years of sales management experience, including over 10 years in the merchant services industry.
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DETROIT, Sept. 28, 2017 – International Bancard, a Michigan-based payment acceptance solutions provider, today announced a partnership with Heritage Vision Plans, a leading U.S. provider of vision benefit plans, to create Heritage Bancard Services. This partnership will help Heritage Vision Plan Providers to understand the importance of accepting credit and debit card payments and optimize the best solution to help grow their business through payment acceptance.
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DETROIT, APRIL 27, 2017 – International Bancard, an industry-leading payment acceptance solutions provider is hiring for open positions due to an increase in activity correlated to the company’s recent relocation of their headquarters to downtown Detroit.
Payments expert, Gary Rutledge will lead International Bancard as President
DETROIT, November, 8, 2016 – International Bancard, an industry-leading payment acceptance solutions provider, announced recently the promotion of long time employee, Tedi Falvo, to Director of Marketing, effective immediately.
In this role, Falvo will work alongside the company’s executive team to promote the International Bancard brand and drive lead generation through a number of different mediums including brand strategy, advertising, inbound marketing tactics, sales campaigns, product launches, public relations, and partner engagement.
“The decision to promote Tedi to Director of Marketing was an absolute no-brainer,” said International Bancard’s founder and CEO David Iafrate. “Her incredible passion and dedication to International Bancard, along with her experience and commitment to advance the growth of the company made this a perfect fit. Tedi’s strategic vision will help International Bancard become the go-to company for payment acceptance solutions for businesses throughout the United States.”
Falvo has been with International Bancard for nearly five years and in that time has worked to help grow and manage the marketing and branding efforts for the company. She previously worked as an Event Manager and Account Executive at a Metro-Detroit-based public relations firm.
She is a graduate from Northern Michigan University with a degree in Public Relations and Sociology and currently resides in Commerce Township, Mich. with her husband.
DETROIT, Sept. 23, 2016 - International Bancard, a Detroit-based payment acceptance solutions provider, has been named one of the Metropolitan Detroit’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2016. The winning companies will be honored by the Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA) during a luncheon at the Detroit Marriott in the Renaissance Center on Friday, September 23, 2016.
The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® is a program of the Michigan Business and Professional Association that provides the business community with the opportunity to gain recognition, showcase their best practices and demonstrate why they are an ideal place for employees to work. This national program celebrates those companies that are making better business, creating richer lives and building a stronger community as a whole. It is presented annually in several markets including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, and Nationally.
“On behalf of the entire organization, we are extremely thrilled that International Bancard has been recognized as one of Detroit’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®” said International Bancard’s President, Gary Rutledge. “I am proud of my passionate, hard-working team, and am overjoyed they are receiving the recognition they deserve and stand behind the company we all believe in.”
International Bancard has also been named one of 2016’s Best and Brightest in Wellness, and offers company-wide Fitbit activity trackers, in-house massages and yoga sessions, flex time to encourage work-life balance, healthy food options, and continued education, among other perks.
“We are honored to recognize the efforts of this year’s 'Best and Brightest' companies. These companies have created impressive organizational value and business results through their policies and Best Practices in human resource management. This award has become a designation sought after by hundreds of Metropolitan Detroit area companies and is a powerful recruitment tool in the drive to attract and retain exceptional employees,” said Jennifer Kluge, President and CEO of MBPA.
The National Association for Business Resources (NABR), who establishes the winners, connects, educates, and empowers businesses across the country through focused programs, groundbreaking studies, and field-leading support.
Founded in 2001, International Bancard is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and has built a reputation for exceptional 24/7 client service as well as keeping clients up-to-date with the latest credit card processing technology.
International Bancard is relocating its headquarters to the newly named International Bancard Building in downtown Detroit.
The complete list of award winners for the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2016 can be found here.
1505 Woodward to be renamed the ‘International Bancard’ building
