United Bank Card Secures Referral Bank Relationship With Profinium Financial

May 15, 2008 - PRLog -- United Bank Card, Inc. (UBC) a premier payment processor and merchant acquirer announced today that it had established a referral relationship with Minnesota based Profinium Financial. As a referral partner of United Bank Card’s Financial Institutions division, Profinium Financial will be able to provide its merchant clients with affordable and comprehensive payment processing solutions.

Profinium Financial is committed to providing innovative and creative programs to its customers and as a referral bank of United Bank Card, the institution will be able to enhance its business-client offerings. Profinium Financial will now be able to utilize UBC’s services to provide its merchant clients with a variety of advanced payment programs to improve their businesses. These services include credit and debit processing, contactless payment options, wireless, e-commerce solutions, petroleum, gift and loyalty card programs as well as check guarantee and conversion.

United Bank Card EVP, Financial Institutions J Brian Merena believes both companies compliment each other’s sales philosophies and innovative solutions. He states that “we are pleased to have formed a relationship with Profinium Financial where both organizations believe in providing high touch service to their clients, being attentive to their needs, and providing new technologies and value added services to further enhance their day to day business offerings.”  

United Bank Card has developed an extensive financial institutions program to accommodate the payment needs of merchant clients throughout the nation. It has been designed to provide any bank, credit union or savings and loan institution with the ability to develop a profitable merchant portfolio.

Profinium Financial VP, Pat Richardson stated “Our merchant portfolio has doubled in size since we started working with UBC last year.  The service UBC has given us has been outstanding.  We look forward to a long profitable relationship with them.

About United Bank Card
United Bank Card, Inc. (UBC) is one of the largest, most reputable and fastest growing payment processors in the country. UBC currently handles the merchant accounts for over 100,000 locations and processes in excess of 8 billion dollars annually. United Bank Card is a three-time consecutive Inc. 500 honoree and among the fastest growing privately held companies in the United States. United Bank Card assists community banks around the country in building profitable merchant portfolios and is currently ranked as the 34th largest processor by the Nilson Report. For more information about United Bank Card and its Financial Institutions programs, please contact J Brian Merena EVP, Financial Institutions, United Bank Card at (800) 731-2654 ext. 2110 or via email at bmerena@unitedbankcard.com.

About Profinium Financial
Profinium Financial stands for Professional Financial Solutions for the New Millennium.  Our name is meant to evolve and grow with meaning, such as other invented names just as Pepsi and Microsoft have grown to hold deep meaning and identification with superior quality.  As a trademarked name, we own it exclusively, not just in our local community, nor just within Minnesota, but nationally.  We believe it will grow to reflect exactly who and what we are:  unique, innovative, professional and serving all financial needs.  We seek to become the defining statement of the future of community banking; delivering extraordinary service, making decisions locally, all while actively participating in the growth and general welfare of the communities we serve.  We are a growing and prosperous community bank dedicated to serving all of the financial needs of our communities.