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Past MPC Companies Past MPC Companies @Pay LLC 123WIRING 1Sale 3Cinteractive 7 - Eleven AARP Abc Media Network ABnote Abrinix IT Consulting ACCEO Solutions Acceo Tender Retail Access One Inc Accu Search Acculynk ACI Worldwide, Inc. ACT Canada Active Activewave Parking ActPay AdGent Digital ADN ADS ADT Advanced Data Systems Affinion Group Affirmative Technologies, Inc African Communication Services Aite Group ÄKTA Alcatel-Lucent AlixPartners Allegiant Systems Alliance Data Allied Fiber Allstate Allstate Insurance AllthatSoft Alternet Systems, Inc. Amadeus Amalgamated Bank of Chicago Amazon Development Center Amazon.com, Inc. American Banker American Collection Systems, Inc. American Express American Network, Inc. AmeriMex Communications AMT Consumer Services AnchorFree Angola Payment Systems, SA ANPI Antares Computer Systems AnyWhere Commerce AP Technology Apac & Cala Apex Merchant Services, Inc AppGage, LLC Apriva Arbinet Arent Fox LLP Argentina Arrivalist Arroyo Consulting LLC Artinsoft Corp Arvidson Consulting Arxan Technologies Asemca Associates Inc Asemca Telecom Associates(Si Gimbel) AT & T At Home ATS Mobile Augmentum, Inc. Avaya Averon B2 Banco Popular Bank Innovations Bank News Bank of America Merchant Services Bankcard Services BanZoo Barclaycard Barclays Barcode Media Group, Inc Bernstien BerryReview Best Buy Bill 2 Pay Bill to Mobile Bill2Pay, Intuition Systems Inc. Billguard Bio Track Thc Blackboard Inc. Blackhawk Network Bluefin Payment Systems Bluesky BlueStar Inc BlueWave Communications BMO Braintree Bravo Tip or Pay Breakaway Communications Breaking Banks Brian Brands Bridelwood Consulting Business Channel Strategy Business Insider Business InSight Radio Show Business Solutions, ISR Business Technology Solutions cac ltd Cafe Caio Chicago Call Nonce Cambridge Merchant Capital Group Capgemini Capital Investment Capital One Card Payment Solutions Cardlytics CardPlus Payment Systems, LLC CARDPRINTING.US Casablanca Ventures Cashier Live Castle Technology CBIZ CBS Television CCS usa Celent Centene CENTRAL BANK OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Century Payments CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA Charge Anywhere Charming Charlie's Chase Paymentech Chetu Chicago Tribune Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Chicago's Pizza Inc Chick-fil-A Chico's FAS China Business Knowlage China Communications Services Corporation Limited China Telecommunications Corporation China Unicorn (Americas) Operations Ltd. CHS Inc. Ciao Telecom CIE Cinepolis Cisco Systems, Inc. Claris Solutions Clearview Capital Partners Clemmer Consulting Cloud and You CloudTags Clover Media Clover Networks Clutch CM MasterCard Multi Card CoCard Merchant Services Columbia Capital compagnie ivoirienne d'electricité Compete.com Comrise Technology Concerto Networks® Business Technology Solutions Conserve Merchant Services Consul Ting Contact-911, Inc. Content Boost Converged Comm Convergencialatina CoreCard Corner Stone Telephone Company CornerStone Cortex MCP Counterparty Foundation Cowen And Company CPI Card Group CPS Crate&Barrel Credit Suisse Credit Union Times creditcall Crone Consulting, LLC Crossbeat New York Crowe Horwath LLP CRS Cryptanium Cryptomathic C-SAM, Inc. CSI MasterCard CSMG CSR Technology Inc. CTIA-The Wireless Association CU Wallet CU24 CULIANCE Cuscal Custom Technology Solutions. Real Results. Cybera CyberBanque Cyptanium Dancing Marlin DAS Consulting Services, Inc Data Soultions Datum Software, Inc. Davis Wright Tremaine DEA Office of Financial Operations Dejavoo Denso Denso Sales California Department of Defense DeRose Technologies, Inc. Destrier Capital DeviceFidelity, Inc. dg3 Diebold Nixdorf Difference Capital Digby Digimarc Corporation Digital Processing Solutions Digital Transactions Disability Discover Discover Financial Services Discover Network DivanoMall DM Enterprise Group DOT Double Diamond Group Dow Jones Dow Jones Newswires DSL Direct LLC DTD Dunkin Donuts/Znap Solutions DVP Technologies Dynamic Telecom E&S Consulting LLC EagleNet Group EasyPay, Inc. eBay Inc Eclipse Telecom Eclypses eDiningNews eFusion Companies EFX Corp Elavon Electronic Transactions Association Element Box INC EMB Emida EMN8, Inc. eMobilePOS Epic Loan Systems eProcessing Network Epson eSuite Media, LLC eTouchMenu EU S Consulting Euromonitor International European Patent Office Eus Networks Everest Payments ExaDigm, Inc. Exceleron SOftware Express Checkout Ezic, Inc Fathom Voice FCIG FDH Media Enterprises LLC Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Federal Reserve System FEXCO FICS Consulting Fidelity Management & Research Company Fifth Third Bank FIME inc. Financial Apps Financial Services Card Finnair Plc FinTech Rising / Canright Communications FinTEx FinTEx Chicago First First American Payment Systems First Analysis First Call Resolution First Data First Financial Bank, N.A. First Managment corp FirstBank FIS FIS Global FleetCor Technologies Flint Florida Office of Financial Regulation Florida State University Flycell FMC 1 Fontainebleau Miami Beach Formerly with Sears Forrester Research, Inc. Forte Design Systems FreedomPay Freeman Consulting Frito-Lay FSS Powering Payments FSSD Corp Fun mobility FuturePay GabRy, Inc./DIGITZ Gemalto General Growth Properties General Mills General Motors Geo Commerce GfK GfK Research Giesecke & Devrient GigaOM Gimbal Glenbrook Partners Global Com MGMT inc. Global Investigations & Security Consulting Global Payments Global Systems Telecom Inc GlobalCollect Global-Fleet Division globalVCard PaySystems Go Soft Card Go3 solutions Gold Mine Gold Mobile Goltz Group Google GOVOLUTION Grass Roots America GroupO GROWMARK, Inc. GuardSquare Harris Publications HeadwatersMB HealthSavings Administrators Heartland Payment Systems Hewlett Packard Enterprise Higher Grounds Concepts Hill+Knowlton Strategies Hippo Charging, inc Honey, Inc. HPE HSBC Hub Culture and Ven Currency Hybrid Pay Tech IBM IBM Corporation IBM Global Business Services ICBA Bancard ICC Solutions iConnect POS ID Analytics ID Technologies IDC Ideal Mobile IDK IDology Ignite Payments Illinois Institute of Technology Illuminate PR IMC TELECOM INC IMobifinance NBFI Impact Telecom & Global Mobility Solutions, LLC In2Marketplace InAuth Advanced Security InAuth, Inc inCode InComm Independent Technology Consultant Infinite Peripherals Ingencio Ingenico Mobile Solutions Ingo Money Inmarsat Innov8tek Innovapost Inc. Innovation Norway Inphonex Integrity Payment Systems Intel Intel Corporation IntelaText Interactive Communications International, Inc. Internet Retailer Invenco Investability/Altisource iovation iPayment, Inc IrCode Telecom Isagenix International ISIS ISO & Agent Magzine ISO &Agent Magazine IStream Financial Services ISV ItsPaid Ivy Janney Capital Markets Javelin Strategy & Research Jellyfish Online Marketing JMR Connect JMR Worldwide Joe's Wine Cellar Jumio Knight Capital Americas, LLC Knight PE Source Kohl's Kony Kount LACS ConnectingtheWorld LAN-MWW Latcom Launch Squad LBMA Leaf Holdings, Inc Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises LevelUp Levelwing Lexis Nexis LexisNexis Risk Solutions LG Electronics Mobile Research, LLC LGI LifeLock Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce Linkable Litle & Co. LiveRamp Locaid Technologies, Inc. Location Based Marketing Association LocationSmart Logical Telecom LoopPay Maas Global Macy's Made Media Inc. Malauzai Software Marblehead Global [email protected] Market Platform Dynamics Marriott International Gift Cards Marubeni Information Systems USA Corp. MASHREQ BANK PSC MasterCard MasterCard Worldwide mBlox Inc. McAfee, Inc. McDonalds McKinsey & Company MCPOS Mercator Advisory Group Merchant e-Solutions Merchant Level Technologies Merchant Risk Council Merchant Warehouse Merchante-Solutions, Inc. Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions Mercury Payment Systems Mergermarket Metemamen MFI Mid Hudson Valley FCU Mida Solutions Mindful Insights Minerals From the Dead SEA Mission Mobile Mitchell Media Chicago Miura Systems Mobeam Mobetize Corp Mobexo Limited Mobext (division of Havas Digital) Mobicash Mobients Inc Mobifinance Mobifinance NBFI Mobile Health Times Mobile Marketing & Technology Mobile Money Matters Mobile Payments Today Mobile500 Alliance Mobility PR MobillPay Mobiquity Inc Mocapay Moelis and Company Moneris Moneymaster Moneymasternow Montrose Capital Partners Mopay Inc. Motorola Solutions Inc Mowingo, Inc. MP Associates MPayMe Mphasis MSE Marketing Inc MTC Perforfance Mundo Media Corp. Muration Group Music MyCheck N.A. Strategic Partner Sales Nadel Phelan, Inc. National Inventory National Merchants Association National Payments Corporation of India National Restaurant Associatoin Nautilus Hyosung NEC Display Solutions Nemertes Neotelis Inc. Netclearance Network 7 Neurofocus NeuStar New Mind New York Times Newbrook Capital Newport Marketing LLC Newport Technologies Newtek Business Services, Inc. Next Generation Wireless Next Wave Advisors, LLC NIAS Inventory Service and Merchandising Nilson Report Nitel Nobel Inc. Noction North American Bancard nProtect NPSAPPS NXP NYPAY Oak Investment Partners Office of Financial Regulation OLB Group Omlis Ltd. Omni Investors Group Omnivore Opel GlobalInfoservices Open Market OPW ORCC; Online Resources Corporation OTI America, Inc. Overstock.com Ozmott LLC Oztelecom P2P Cash P97 Networks, Inc. Panda Restaurant Group PANDORA Paragon Computer Systems, Inc. Parallel Communications Group Patel InterConnect PAX Technology Inc. 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